Female musicianship in African music studies: Baluu and Kengbe music of Ilorin people as paradigms.

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dc.contributor.authorOluwatosin John Ibitoye
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-20T22:00:29Z
dc.date.available2026-04-20T22:00:29Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-22
dc.description.abstractOver time, scholars and researchers in African music, culture and performance studies have raised opinions on the dearth of research and marginalisation of the female gender in African musicology. Hence, this study finds the need to fill this lacuna and bring studies on female musicianship in African music to the fore, using indigenous Baluu and Kengbe music of the Ilorin people as paradigms. Through the descriptive method, field observation of the performances of Iyabo Awero, a Baluu musician in Ilorin, Egbe Onikengbe of Magaji Nda family house in Ilorin, Kwara State and review of literatures, this study discovered that Baluu and Kengbe music are female oral musical arts unique to the cultural and social life of the Ilorin people. Through music, history is documented in their song texts and transferred orally to generations. These indigenous forms are entertaining yet didactic as they are used to chastise immoralities, indecency, indiscipline and other sociocultural issues. This study concludes that indigenous music is pivotal to the growth and development of a society. Women who are key players in indigenous African music performance such as Baluu and Kengbe musicians contribute a lot to the knowledge of indigenous cultural and social values.
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dc.identifier.citationIbitoye, O.J. (2021): Female musicianship in African music studies: Baluu and Kengbe music of Ilorin people as paradigms. Society of Nigerian Theatre Artists (SONTA) 21(1) 102-115. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357533018_FEMALE_MUSICIANSHIP_IN_AFRICAN_MUSIC_STUDIES_BALUU_AND_KENGBE_MUSIC_OF_ILORIN_PEOPLE_AS_PARADIGMS
dc.identifier.urihttps://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/6595
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSociety of Nigerian Theatre Artists (SONTA)
dc.relation.ispartofseries21; 1
dc.titleFemale musicianship in African music studies: Baluu and Kengbe music of Ilorin people as paradigms.
dc.typeArticle
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