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- Title
Upsetting the gender imbalance in African popular music: The example of Diepreye Osi of the Ịjọ (Ijaw) of Nigeria.
- Authors
Armstrong, Imomotimi
- Abstract
For sometime now, there has been a conversation among scholars about male hegemony in African popular music and how some women performers resist the established status quo. In joining the discourse in this article, I focus on the owigiri music of Diepreye Osi, a female bandleader among the Ịjọ of Nigeria's Niger Delta region. With particular attention to the departments in the bands of that premier neo-traditional music in the Ịjọ community, including instrumentation, dancing and singing, I argue that Diepreye contests patriarchy in her musical ensemble. Data for the study was gathered from unstructured interviews of artists and non-artists, and observation of live performances.
- Subjects
NIGER River Delta (Nigeria); NIGERIA; POPULAR music; AFRICAN music; MUSICAL groups; COMMUNITY music; DANCE
- Publication
Journal of African Media Studies, 2024, Vol 16, Issue 1, p73
- ISSN
2040-199X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1386/jams_00104_1