@article{Njoku_2023, title={TRANSCENDING THE SONIC AND THE TEXTUAL: SENWELE MUSIC PERFORMANCE IN ILORIN, NORTHERN NIGERIA}, volume={11}, url={https://journal.ru.ac.za/index.php/africanmusic/article/view/2458}, DOI={10.21504/amj.v11i4.2458}, abstractNote={<p><span id="page617R_mcid8" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*115.38px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*171.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.977095);" role="presentation">Among Muslim women in predominantly Islamic societies, music-making remains </span></span><span id="page617R_mcid9" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*80.36px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*182.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00666);" role="presentation">a contested subject. At the core of these contestations are questions of boundaries, agency,</span></span><span id="page617R_mcid10" class="markedContent"> <span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*80.36px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*193.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.996406);" role="presentation">taboos, resistance, and generalisations of the socio-musical experiences of Muslim women.</span></span><span id="page617R_mcid11" class="markedContent"> <span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*80.36px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*204.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.990521);" role="presentation">This article explores the development of</span></span><span id="page617R_mcid12" class="markedContent"> <span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*226.62px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*204.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.90466);" role="presentation">senwele</span></span><span id="page617R_mcid13" class="markedContent"> <span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*255.31px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*204.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.998049);" role="presentation">music, a socio-religious music form of the </span></span><span id="page617R_mcid14" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*80.36px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*215.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.0262);" role="presentation">Ilorin in northern Nigeria, from its origin as</span></span><span id="page617R_mcid15" class="markedContent"> <span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*244.63px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*215.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.951127);" role="presentation">orin-kengbe</span></span><span id="page617R_mcid16" class="markedContent"> <span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*288.66px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*215.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01352);" role="presentation">(calabash music) to its transition </span></span><span id="page617R_mcid17" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*80.36px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*226.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04428);" role="presentation">into a translocal music form. Given influences of the Yoruba, Hausa-Fulani, and Islam,</span></span><span id="page617R_mcid18" class="markedContent"> <span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*80.36px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*237.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.90466);" role="presentation">senwele</span></span><span id="page617R_mcid19" class="markedContent"> <span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*108.71px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*237.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.988037);" role="presentation">music is examined as a compendium of history; one that is not only reflective of the </span></span><span id="page617R_mcid20" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*80.36px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*248.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.999148);" role="presentation">Ilorin traditional music scene, but also the north-south dualism in Ilorin, tensions in music-</span></span><span id="page617R_mcid21" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*80.36px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*259.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.969551);" role="presentation">making and Islam, and regio-political remapping in Nigeria. Based on fieldwork with a major </span></span><span id="page617R_mcid22" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*80.36px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*270.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.998046);" role="presentation">exponent of</span></span><span id="page617R_mcid23" class="markedContent"> <span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*125.31px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*270.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.90466);" role="presentation">senwele</span></span><span id="page617R_mcid24" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*151.47px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*270.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.992757);" role="presentation">, Alhaja Iya Aladuke, and her music group in Ilorin, the article explores </span></span><span id="page617R_mcid25" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*80.36px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*281.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00332);" role="presentation">the practice, ambivalences, convivialities and sustainability of</span></span><span id="page617R_mcid26" class="markedContent"> <span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*307.61px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*281.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.90466);" role="presentation">senwele</span></span><span id="page617R_mcid27" class="markedContent"> <span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*336.98px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*281.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.0147);" role="presentation">music performance</span></span><span id="page617R_mcid28" class="markedContent"> <span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*80.36px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*292.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.980193);" role="presentation">within its predominantly Islamic context. I argue that while established societal conventions,</span></span><span id="page617R_mcid29" class="markedContent"> <span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*80.36px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*303.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.974898);" role="presentation">such as those in Ilorin, function as a standard for the acceptance of music, a woman musician</span></span><span id="page617R_mcid30" class="markedContent"> <span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*80.36px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*314.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.974728);" role="presentation">such as Alhaja Iya Aladuke continues to thrive through a musician-community exchange that </span></span><span id="page617R_mcid31" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*80.36px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*325.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00258);" role="presentation">takes into cognisance the sensibilities of the people while retaining their patronage and her </span></span><span id="page617R_mcid32" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*80.36px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*336.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.0127);" role="presentation">artistic autonomy. Beyond its sonic, textual, and entertainment prerogatives, the sustained</span></span><span id="page617R_mcid33" class="markedContent"> <span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*80.36px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*347.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.99822);" role="presentation">practice of</span></span><span id="page617R_mcid34" class="markedContent"> <span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*121.26px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*347.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.90466);" role="presentation">senwele</span></span><span id="page617R_mcid35" class="markedContent"> <span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*150.22px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*347.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.0231);" role="presentation">music in Ilorin presents a continuum for interrogating and negotiating</span></span><span id="page617R_mcid36" class="markedContent"> <span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*80.36px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*358.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00703);" role="presentation">cross-cultural encounters, socio-religious binaries, gender boundaries, and the multiplicity</span></span><span id="page617R_mcid37" class="markedContent"> <span dir="ltr" style="left: calc(var(--scale-factor)*80.36px); top: calc(var(--scale-factor)*369.14px); font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.980404);" role="presentation">in the socio-musical experiences of Muslim women.</span></span></p>}, number={4}, journal={African Music : Journal of the International Library of African Music}, author={Njoku, Obianuju Akunna}, year={2023}, month={Feb.}, pages={1–24} }