Echoes of Ethnicity: Popular Music and the Resurgence of Igbo Nationalism in Democratic Nigeria

IF 0.6 1区艺术学 0 MUSIC

ETHNOMUSICOLOGY Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.5406/21567417.67.1.04

S. Eze

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Abstract

This article discusses the ethnicization of Igbo popular music amid renewed secessionist calls for the defunct state of Biafra. It engages with people's interpretation of ethnic sentiments as expressed in the music of two Igbo popular musicians in Nigeria and the significance of this phenomenon. Given the undercurrents of ethnic rifts, which preceded the Nigeria-Biafra war (1967–1970), postwar Nigerian society remains fraught with questions of ethnonationalism. Within the heated polity, Igbo popular musicians routinely engage in nostalgic discourses about Biafra by articulating the catastrophes of the past and mobilizing the populace to confront present challenges. Specifically, the article engages with the dialectics of ethnonationalism in contemporary Igbo popular music via critical analysis of current repertoire. It contends that Igbo popular musicians deploy ethnic memories, symbols, and cultural essentials as potent political, communication, and mobilization strategies to nurture the consciousness of the Igbo nation in Nigeria.

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民族的回响：流行音乐与民主尼日利亚伊博民族主义的复兴

这篇文章讨论了伊博流行音乐的种族化，在新的分离主义者呼吁解散比夫拉州的情况下。它涉及人们对尼日利亚两位伊博流行音乐家的音乐中所表达的民族情感的解释，以及这种现象的意义。考虑到尼日利亚-比夫拉战争(1967-1970)之前的种族分裂的暗流，战后的尼日利亚社会仍然充满了种族民族主义的问题。在这个激烈的政体中，伊博流行音乐家通过阐述过去的灾难和动员民众面对当前的挑战，例行地参与关于比夫拉的怀旧话语。具体而言，本文通过对当前曲目的批判性分析，探讨当代伊博流行音乐中民族主义的辩证法。它认为，伊博流行音乐家利用民族记忆、符号和文化要素作为强有力的政治、交流和动员策略，以培养尼日利亚伊博民族的意识。

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ETHNOMUSICOLOGY MUSIC-

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1.30

自引率

14.30%

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期刊介绍： As the official journal of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Ethnomusicology is the premier publication in the field. Its scholarly articles represent current theoretical perspectives and research in ethnomusicology and related fields, while playing a central role in expanding the discipline in the United States and abroad. Aimed at a diverse audience of musicologists, anthropologists, folklorists, cultural studies scholars, musicians, and others, this inclusive journal also features book, recording, film, video, and multimedia reviews. Peer-reviewed by the Society’s international membership, Ethnomusicology has been published three times a year since the 1950s.