Religion, Polygamy and Social Status in the song "Ara Nba Da" by Theophilus Iwalokun

Essay from the year 2008 in the subject History - Africa, grade: 1,0, University of Basel (Centre for African Studies), course: Popular Music as a Source for the Study of African History and Cultures: Recordings from Nigeria, 1954-1957, language: English, abstract: The song ¿Ara Nba Dä byTheophilus Iwalokun is part of the collection of popular music recorded between 1954 and 1957 in West Africa by the Union Trade Company of Basel. It belongs to the genre of Jùjú music, which is a Yoruba variant of the urban West African palmwine guitar tradition. The intention of this paper is not to do an ethnomusicological analysis but rather to approach the textual content concerning its explicit as well as implicit topics.