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    Nigeria: Art and Music By: Yuviana Corona & Yazmin Acosta

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    Nigeria has a rich musical and artistic tradition. Traditional Igbo music from the 19th century had a melodic style and incorporated forms like highlife. Modern literature emerged with authors like Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe. Contemporary visual artists such as Nike Davies-Okundaye and Tola Wewe work in mediums like batik, textiles, and drawing influence from Yoruba culture. Popular 21st century Nigerian music spans genres like juju, hip hop, Afrobeat, and highlife, with famous artists including WizKid, 2Baba, Sade Adu, and Ice Prince.

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    Nigeria has a rich musical and artistic tradition. Traditional Igbo music from the 19th century had a melodic style and incorporated forms like highlife. Modern literature emerged with authors like Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe. Contemporary visual artists such as Nike Davies-Okundaye and Tola Wewe work in mediums like batik, textiles, and drawing influence from Yoruba culture. Popular 21st century Nigerian music spans genres like juju, hip hop, Afrobeat, and highlife, with famous artists including WizKid, 2Baba, Sade Adu, and Ice Prince.

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    Nigeria has a rich musical and artistic tradition. Traditional Igbo music from the 19th century had a melodic style and incorporated forms like highlife. Modern literature emerged with authors like Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe. Contemporary visual artists such as Nike Davies-Okundaye and Tola Wewe work in mediums like batik, textiles, and drawing influence from Yoruba culture. Popular 21st century Nigerian music spans genres like juju, hip hop, Afrobeat, and highlife, with famous artists including WizKid, 2Baba, Sade Adu, and Ice Prince.

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    Nigeria

    Art and Music


    By: Yuviana Corona &
    Yazmin Acosta
    Igbo Traditional Music 19th century

    Melodic style

    Have highlife
    musical form

    Jazz and
    traditional music

    Style of music
    called Ikorodo
    Art: Modern day
    Literature (originally storytellers)

    -Wole Soyinka “A dance of the forest”

    -Chinua Achebe “Things fall apart”

    Graphic Arts

    - Sculpture (Bronze & Terracotta)

    Performance Arts

    -Dance and Music


    Nike Davies-Okundaye

    An artist,
    textile
    designer, and
    famous for her
    batik weaving
    and dyeing
    workshop s
    Tola Wewe

    “The Ondo state


    indigene was a
    founding member of
    the Ona movement
    in art which draws
    .
    influence from
    Yoruba culture,
    especially the water
    spirits.”
    21st century
    • 4 distinct categories (indigenous church
    music, urban syncretic popular forms,
    modern folk opera, and Nigerian Modern Art
    Music)

    • Responsible?

    • Emergence of educated African elite

    • Frustration of African elite

    • Cultural awakening
    Popular music
    • Jùjú

    • Hip hop

    • Nigeria boasts dozens of Afro-beat

    • Nigeria called “Heart of African Music”

    • Highlife influenced by Western culture

    • Afrobeat (Jazz & Soul)


    • WizKid
    Famous artists
    • 2Baba

    • Sade Adu

    • Ice Prince
    Bibliography

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