Kwara State University
Oluwatosin Ibitoye
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Designation: Lecturer
Department: PERFORMING ARTS
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| 1 | The Performative Art of Iyabo Awero’s Indigenous Music “Baluu” |
Baluu Music is an indigenous secular music in Ilorin, Kwara state. This indigenous music genre is primarily for entertainment in Ilorin and its environs. This ethnomusicological research looks into the performative art of Baluu Music in Ilorin, Using Iyabo Awero’s live band which is domiciled in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital as a case study. This study adopts the descriptive method of research. The participant-observation and interview tools were used for data gathering and the analyses is done from ethnomusicological perspective. This study also looks into other issues such as etymology of the word ‘Baluu’, the origin and historical development of this genre, performance norms and practices in Baluu music, musical analyses, indigenous forms and styles inherent in Baluu Music, Baluu Dance, Band ensemble, using Iyabo Awero’s live band as paradigm. This study discovers that the Baluu music genre is basically a female oral musical art while the male oral musical art usually regarded as a ‘brother’ to Baluu, is the Dadakuada music. Our study reveals further that, westernisation, modernisation and the influence of technology did not threaten the existence of the indigenous Baluu music. This is because, Baluu music encumbered acculturation and foreign influence in exception to the influence of Islam on the music. This study concludes that indigenous music as an art should not lose its penchant in the artistic and performance parlance. To this end, indigenous music forms would receive more global relevance. | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350923538_The_Performative_Art_of_Iyabo_Awero%27s_Indigenous_Music_Baluu | |||||