A chronicle of cultural transformation: ethnography of Badagry Ogu musical practices

dc.contributor.advisorBruinders, Sylvia
dc.contributor.authorKunnuji, Joseph
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-16T09:54:07Z
dc.date.available2020-09-16T09:54:07Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.date.updated2020-09-15T17:27:35Z
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the musical practices of Badagry Ogu people from both historical and contemporary perspectives and provides strategies for their further integration into the changing social and economic landscape characteristic of 21st-century Lagos. Badagry emerged as a Nigerian town bordering the Republic of Benin in the 19th-century colonial delineation processes, which neglected ethnic frontiers. Consequently, Badagry Ogu people, being a minority ethnic group and geographically peripheral in Nigeria, have been politically, economically and socially marginalized for generations. Using ethnographic methods in studying selected indigenous musical bands (Gogoke, Gigoyoyo, Kristitin and Akran Ajogan), a biographical sketch of master drummer Hunpe Hunga, and an applied ethnomusicology method of collaborative music composition and arrangement, I chronicle the musical heritage of Badagry Ogu people. In addition, I suggest an approach for its recontextualisation into different creative economies. I engage Thomas Turino's framework for identity and social analysis, including the concepts of cultural cohorts and cultural formations, in exploring the different attitudes, among Badagry Ogu people, towards indigenous music. I advocate for and outline a contemporary approach for musical recontextualisation as a means of inclusivity and economically empowering performers of indigenous Ogu music in Badagry. This thesis includes my additional arrangements to the studio recordings of Gogoke. The recontextualisation process, which commenced with Gogoke's recording of indigenous instruments and vocals in Badagry Lagos Nigeria, reached its full fruition in the overdubs of Western musical instruments in Cape Town, South Africa. To further explore the theme of inclusivity, I examine current gender practices in Ogu communities evident in the gendered musical practices of contemporary Badagry. With its indepth analysis of Ogu genres, musical instruments, gender issues and a framework for recontextualising African indigenous musics, this thesis, while filling the gap in the study of ethnic minorities in Nigeria, is a significant contribution of the nuanced artistic practices of Badagry Ogu people to African music scholarship.
dc.identifier.apacitationKunnuji, J. (2020). <i>A chronicle of cultural transformation: ethnography of Badagry Ogu musical practices</i>. (). ,Faculty of Humanities ,College of Music. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32279en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKunnuji, Joseph. <i>"A chronicle of cultural transformation: ethnography of Badagry Ogu musical practices."</i> ., ,Faculty of Humanities ,College of Music, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32279en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKunnuji, J. 2020. A chronicle of cultural transformation: ethnography of Badagry Ogu musical practices. . ,Faculty of Humanities ,College of Music. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32279en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Doctoral Thesis AU - Kunnuji, Joseph AB - This thesis examines the musical practices of Badagry Ogu people from both historical and contemporary perspectives and provides strategies for their further integration into the changing social and economic landscape characteristic of 21st-century Lagos. Badagry emerged as a Nigerian town bordering the Republic of Benin in the 19th-century colonial delineation processes, which neglected ethnic frontiers. Consequently, Badagry Ogu people, being a minority ethnic group and geographically peripheral in Nigeria, have been politically, economically and socially marginalized for generations. Using ethnographic methods in studying selected indigenous musical bands (Gogoke, Gigoyoyo, Kristitin and Akran Ajogan), a biographical sketch of master drummer Hunpe Hunga, and an applied ethnomusicology method of collaborative music composition and arrangement, I chronicle the musical heritage of Badagry Ogu people. In addition, I suggest an approach for its recontextualisation into different creative economies. I engage Thomas Turino's framework for identity and social analysis, including the concepts of cultural cohorts and cultural formations, in exploring the different attitudes, among Badagry Ogu people, towards indigenous music. I advocate for and outline a contemporary approach for musical recontextualisation as a means of inclusivity and economically empowering performers of indigenous Ogu music in Badagry. This thesis includes my additional arrangements to the studio recordings of Gogoke. The recontextualisation process, which commenced with Gogoke's recording of indigenous instruments and vocals in Badagry Lagos Nigeria, reached its full fruition in the overdubs of Western musical instruments in Cape Town, South Africa. To further explore the theme of inclusivity, I examine current gender practices in Ogu communities evident in the gendered musical practices of contemporary Badagry. With its indepth analysis of Ogu genres, musical instruments, gender issues and a framework for recontextualising African indigenous musics, this thesis, while filling the gap in the study of ethnic minorities in Nigeria, is a significant contribution of the nuanced artistic practices of Badagry Ogu people to African music scholarship. DA - 2020_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Music LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2020 T1 - A chronicle of cultural transformation: ethnography of Badagry Ogu musical practices TI - A chronicle of cultural transformation: ethnography of Badagry Ogu musical practices UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32279 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/32279
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKunnuji J. A chronicle of cultural transformation: ethnography of Badagry Ogu musical practices. []. ,Faculty of Humanities ,College of Music, 2020 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32279en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentCollege of Music
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.subjectMusic
dc.titleA chronicle of cultural transformation: ethnography of Badagry Ogu musical practices
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
dc.type.qualificationlevelPhD
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