The musicality of Olu Obafemi’s Illuminations: Songs, dances, from the belly of time as performance poetry

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dc.contributor.authorOluwatosin John Ibitoye
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-20T22:23:38Z
dc.date.available2026-04-20T22:23:38Z
dc.date.issued2021-03-14
dc.description.abstractPoetic compositions and its performative realities through music are in tandem. Hence, poetic compositions especially in Africa are best performed in sine qua non with music. Olu Obafemi‟s Illuminations: Songs, Dances, from the Belly of Time exemplifies a collection of poems embedded with musical aesthetics. Therefore, this study reviews and analyses selected poems in the collection from the perspective of a musicologist. This study reflects on the musical and realistic performance aesthetics of Illuminations: Songs, Dances, from the Belly of Time as illustrated by Olu Obafemi in his writing. This study reveals that, the collection is unarguably a performance poetry. The literary piece creates an ambience of different creative explorations for a willing music director. Obafemi draws his compositional tools, devices and materials in the collection from his immediate socio-cultural environment. The poetic lines create dramatic, historical and nostalgic images in the minds of readers which give a directorial clue for a holistic musical and artistic interpretation. This study concludes that the structure of the poems creates an atmosphere for experimental musical expression and it is best interpreted and enjoyed as a performance poetry.
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dc.identifier.citationIbitoye, O.J. (2021): The musicality of Olu Obafemi’s Illuminations: Songs, dances, from the belly of time as performance poetry. Alpha Crownes Publishing Ltd () 578-586. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350923384_The_Musicality_of_Olu_Obafemi's_Illuminations_Songs_Dances_from_the_Belly_of_Time_as_a_Performance_Poetry
dc.identifier.issn978-0-9935781-5-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/6597
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAlpha Crownes Publishing Ltd
dc.titleThe musicality of Olu Obafemi’s Illuminations: Songs, dances, from the belly of time as performance poetry
dc.typeBook chapter
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