The River Goddess and Melody-Makers in Nigeria: A Cultural View on Majek Fashek and Victor Uwaifo
The art of music-making is a mental/creative activity. However, spiritual influence cannot be ruled out in the process of constructing music. The mental activity is akin to the deployment of the intellect, while the spiritual influence could be as a result of a direct encounter or impartation by a s...
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| author | Osakue Stevenson Omoera Daniel Eromosele Omoruan |
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| description | The art of music-making is a mental/creative activity. However, spiritual influence cannot be ruled out in the process of constructing music. The mental activity is akin to the deployment of the intellect, while the spiritual influence could be as a result of a direct encounter or impartation by a spirit being through dream/vision as typified by two Nigerian performing artists, Majek Fashek and Victor Uwaifo, who are the foci of this study. Exploring the concept of esotericism with emphasis on music performance, this article contends that although music-making is a mental/creative activity, spiritual or extra-mental influences supervene, with particular reference to the lives and performance careers of the two selected African musicians/media celebrities from Benin City in Nigeria. In doing this, it uses historical-analytic, key informant interview (KII), and direct observation methods to critically reflect on how the supernatural influences their music-making activities.
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| spelling | doaj.art-5c4fe0aeb39149af8e519efbede9d9f82025-03-13T19:02:54ZengUniversity of Hradec KrálovéModern Africa2336-32742570-75582019-12-0172The River Goddess and Melody-Makers in Nigeria: A Cultural View on Majek Fashek and Victor UwaifoOsakue Stevenson Omoera0Daniel Eromosele Omoruan1Department of Theatre and Media Arts, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, NigeriaDepartment of Theatre and Media Arts, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, NigeriaThe art of music-making is a mental/creative activity. However, spiritual influence cannot be ruled out in the process of constructing music. The mental activity is akin to the deployment of the intellect, while the spiritual influence could be as a result of a direct encounter or impartation by a spirit being through dream/vision as typified by two Nigerian performing artists, Majek Fashek and Victor Uwaifo, who are the foci of this study. Exploring the concept of esotericism with emphasis on music performance, this article contends that although music-making is a mental/creative activity, spiritual or extra-mental influences supervene, with particular reference to the lives and performance careers of the two selected African musicians/media celebrities from Benin City in Nigeria. In doing this, it uses historical-analytic, key informant interview (KII), and direct observation methods to critically reflect on how the supernatural influences their music-making activities. https://journals.uhk.cz/modernafrica/article/view/178Music performanceRiver GoddessAfrican culturemedia celebritiesesotericismAfrican melody-makers |
| spellingShingle | Osakue Stevenson Omoera Daniel Eromosele Omoruan The River Goddess and Melody-Makers in Nigeria: A Cultural View on Majek Fashek and Victor Uwaifo Modern Africa Music performance River Goddess African culture media celebrities esotericism African melody-makers |
| title | The River Goddess and Melody-Makers in Nigeria: A Cultural View on Majek Fashek and Victor Uwaifo |
| title_full | The River Goddess and Melody-Makers in Nigeria: A Cultural View on Majek Fashek and Victor Uwaifo |
| title_fullStr | The River Goddess and Melody-Makers in Nigeria: A Cultural View on Majek Fashek and Victor Uwaifo |
| title_full_unstemmed | The River Goddess and Melody-Makers in Nigeria: A Cultural View on Majek Fashek and Victor Uwaifo |
| title_short | The River Goddess and Melody-Makers in Nigeria: A Cultural View on Majek Fashek and Victor Uwaifo |
| title_sort | river goddess and melody makers in nigeria a cultural view on majek fashek and victor uwaifo |
| topic | Music performance River Goddess African culture media celebrities esotericism African melody-makers |
| url | https://journals.uhk.cz/modernafrica/article/view/178 |
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