Ikenna Emmanuel Onwuegbuna 
Trends in African Popular Music [EPUB ebook] 
Socio-Cultural Interactions and the Reggae Genre in Nigeria

Popular music an acculturative product of the African folk musicscrutinized along the lines of musical and social processes as inseparable pair in developing the various genres of the eclectic musical form. In Nigeria, it is the congruent collaboration of creativity and politico-socio-economic activities of the mid-1940s (the period following the World War II) that evolved the various genres of popular music of the landa process that is still in being! The social processes that span through the diverse fields of economics, politics, linguistics, sociology, philosophy, and religion made up a manifold agency of acculturation, commercialization, urbanization, and class stratifications. Similarly, the musical processes emanating from the folk musical practices of conception, composition, and classification of genres; recruitment of group members and administrative personnel; training, packaging, costuming, and aesthetics; and then the performance proper are carried over into a parallel development of a neo-folk form that became popular. The popularity of the new form is due to a socio-musical interchange that is both structural and functional. The peculiar nature of the product of this new musical expressionpoptherefore presents four possible angles for definition. The definitions could be stylistic, sociological, process- or theory-based. The genres developed include highlife, afrobeat, rock, calypso, disco, hip hop, rhythm n blues, funk, and reggae. However, the star feature of this investigation is the Afro-reggae genre of Nigeria. The primary research process of survey was backed up by historical and descriptive methods to unearth the leaning on the rhythm of social life by popular music artistes to develop the African reggae genre, especially in Nigeria.

Om författaren

Dr. Ikenna Emmanuel Onwuegbuna is a lecturer at the Department of Music, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He holds a Ph D in music pedagogy, master of arts in ethnomusicology, bachelor of arts in music, diploma in music education, and national diploma in mass communication. He is a many-sided creative artiste (poet, actor, broadcaster, compere, motivational speaker) and a very gifted professional and academic musician with a special bias for studies in popular music and performance, music and multimedia, music and philosophy, and ethnomusicology. In the band, Dr. Onwuegbuna is a confident lead singer, backup vocalist, bass guitarist, rhythm guitarist, and percussionist. In the music studio, he is a producer, composer-arranger, artiste-and-repertoire manager, and audio engineer. In music business, he is a concept and sleeve designer, distribution and marketing consultant, and critic. Dr. Onwuegbuna has published three chapters in edited books, over fifteen articles in local and international journals of credible repute, and some twenty-two specialized creative works. He has featured in some local and international conferences, where he presented over twenty-five well-received papers and workshops. Dr. Onwuegbuna is the editor of the online International Journal of Arts and Humanities and also a member of the editorial board of two other reputable academic journals of international coverage. Trends in African Popular Music is his second book; the first, The Instructional Value of African Popular Music, was published in Germany in 2012.