𝘎𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘣𝘦 in Badagry, Nigeria: Ogu women’s performance practice, social status, and creative agency
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2023
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Kunnuji, Joseph, JOSEPH
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Cambridge University Press
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Before colonialism, Gbe women enjoyed a social status on par with men. However, there has been a shift in the postcolonial social structure of Gbe societies. Modern capitalism, which accompanied colonial structures, privileged men, eroding many woman-empowering practices. This article examines Ogu women’s marginality through an ethnographic study of 𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘣𝘦 (a musical genre exclusive to married Ogu women). I argue that the sources of Ogu women’s marginality are interlocking, involving oppression stemming from colonial structures and the values of contiguous Yorùbá people. I propose a collaborative intervention that upends typical power structures that privilege Western and Yorùbá ideation over Indigenous Ogu knowledge, values, and practices.
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Kunnuji, J. (2023). Gangbe in Badagry, Nigeria: Ogu women’s performance practice, social status, and creative agency. Yearbook for Traditional Music, 55(2), 171-191. https://doi.org/10.1017/ytm.2023.17