The alternative theory of state-minded protest texts in the music of democratic Nigeria

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Critical African Studies Pub Date : 2020-09-17 DOI:10.1080/21681392.2020.1810085

Garhe Osiebe

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Abstract

This paper centres on an alternative discourse of popular music culture in re-democratized Nigeria. Whereas much work has been done on state-minded protest music in Nigeria, studies have been reticent in appreciating the works of Fela's son, Femi; particularly within a framework of re-democratized Nigeria's equivalent of Fela's works which constituted a major alternative voice through military-ruled Nigeria. The paper is an attempt to make up this lacuna along the lines of Chris Atton’s 2006 alternative media theory. The analysis of the alternative media theory is complemented by an analysis of the texts of selected state-minded protest works from two crossover popular musicians – Blackface and Mr Raw – of re-democratized Nigeria, both of whose state-minded protest works have hitherto been unexplored by the academe.

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民主尼日利亚音乐中具有国家意识的抗议文本的替代理论

本文以重新民主化的尼日利亚流行音乐文化的另一种话语为中心。在尼日利亚，人们对具有国家意识的抗议音乐做了很多研究，但在欣赏Fela的儿子Femi的作品方面，研究一直保持沉默;特别是在尼日利亚重新民主化的框架内，这相当于Fela的作品，它在军事统治的尼日利亚构成了一个主要的替代声音。这篇论文试图沿着克里斯·阿顿(Chris Atton) 2006年的另类媒体理论的思路弥补这一空白。在对另类媒体理论的分析中，还对重新民主化的尼日利亚的两位跨界流行音乐家——Blackface和Mr Raw——精选的具有国家意识的抗议作品的文本进行了分析，这两位音乐家的具有国家意识的抗议作品迄今为止还没有被学术界探索过。

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