BELLO OMOTOYOSI ABAYOMI

Music

At the Music department office

Appointment on Visitation important

#	Certificate	School	Year
1.	Ph.D (African Studies Music )	Institute of African Studies/University of Ibadan, Ibadan	2014

Indigenous Music of Lagos and its Eccentricities

Indigenous music spans across genres and so the featured resources in this guide aim to show a variety of expressions rather than focusing on one artist over another.This research will identify the indigenous identities behind the music of Lagos, documents the historical background of some of the indigenous music of Lagos and transcribe some of the songs for current and future use.Though authors like Vidal 2001, Babalola 2015, Loko 2020, have written on some aspect of music in Lagos but these are neither sufficient nor adequate to discuss or explain what indigenous music of Lagos is all about. The influence of popular music on the youth has generally water down the knowledge and their participation of indigenous music. The University system is not left out as there is a course titled Music and Festivals of Lagos State which is been offered at Lagos State University but there is a depth of text to teach this course. Meanwhile, there are several indigenous music of Lagos that should be documented so it will be accessible to the imminent scholars. and this is the major problem that this research is planning to solve by engaging in further research, and put together a text that can treat the peculiar indigenous music of the five divisions of Lagos.

BELLO ABAYOMI is a Associate Professor / Reader at the Department of Music

BELLO has a Ph.D in African Studies Music from Institute of African Studies/University of Ibadan, Ibadan