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	Nigerian Music
		Nigerian music also utilizes ostinato rhythms, in which a rhythmic pattern is repeated, and variable metres which change the time signature of a piece of music.
		Traditional music from Nigeria is almost always functional; that is, performed to mark a ritual such as a wedding or funeral, and not for pure entertainment or artistic enjoyment.
		The most common format for music in Nigeria is a call-and-response choir, in which a lead singer and a chorus interchange verses, sometimes accompanied by instruments which either shadow the lead text or repeat and ostinato vocal phrase.
	www.nigeria-planet.com /Nigerian-Music.html (0 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Music of Nigeria (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Examples include body painting and dance; music and musical...
		Nigeria: the African giant; the continent's largest and most populous country is also a country in transition.
		Spatial continuities: masks and cultural interactions between the Delta and Southeastern Nigeria.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Music+of+Nigeria (651 words)

	Music of Nigeria - Karr.net (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Nigeria has been called "the heart of African music" because of its role in the development of West African highlife and palm-wine music, which fuses native rhythms with techniques imported from the Congo for the development of several popular styles that were unique to Nigeria, like apala, fuji, jùjú, and Yo-pop.
		Traditional music from Nigeria and throughout Africa is almost always functional; in other words, it is performed to mark a ritual such as a wedding or funeral and not for pure entertainment or artistic enjoyment.
		The most common format for music in Nigeria is the call-and-response choir, in which a lead singer and a chorus interchange verses, sometimes accompanied by instruments that either shadow the lead text or repeat and ostinato vocal phrase.
	www.karr.net /encyclopedia/Music_of_Nigeria (780 words)

	Music of Nigeria
		Nigeria has also produced some of the most popular music in the world, playing an important role in the pan-West African development of highlife and palm-wine music as well as later creating some styles unique to Nigeria, like apala, fuji, juju and Yo-pop.
		Traditional music from Nigeria is almost always functional; that is, performed to mark a ritual such as a wedding or funeral, and not for pure entertainment or artistic enjoyment.
		The most common format for music in Nigeria is a call-and-response choir, in which a lead singer and a chorus interchange verses, sometimes accompanied by instruments which either shadow the lead text or repeat and ostinato vocal phrase.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/m/mu/music_of_nigeria.html (3352 words)

	Nigeria - Definition, explanation
		Nigeria was granted full independence in 1960, as a federation of three regions, each retaining a substantial measure of self-government.
		Nigeria is divided roughly in three by the rivers Niger and Benue, which flow through the country from north-east and north-west to meet roughly in the centre of the country near the new capital city of Abuja.
		Northern Nigeria was the location of half of all documented polio cases in 2003, but Muslim clerics have repeatedly inveighed against the vaccine as an effort by Westerners to sterilize young Nigerian Muslim girls.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/n/ni/nigeria.php (2094 words)

	Music of Nigeria at AllExperts
		Nigeria has been called "the heart of African music" because of its role in the development of West African highlife and palm-wine music, which fuses native rhythms with techniques imported from the Congo, Brazil, Cuba and elsewhere.
		Music is closely linked to agriculture, and there are restrictions on, for example, which instruments can be played during different parts of the growing season.
		The Hausa of the north are known for complex percussive music, the one-stringed goje fiddle, and a strong praise song vocal tradition.
	en.allexperts.com /e/m/mu/music_of_nigeria.htm (5754 words)

	Music of Nigeria :: Gowealthy.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Styles of folk music are related to the multitudes of ethnic groups in the country, each with their own techniques, instruments and songs.
		Little is known about the country's music history prior to European contact, although bronze carvings dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries have been found depicting musicians and their instruments.
		Music is closely linked to agriculture, and there are restrictions on, for example, which instruments can be played during different parts of the growing season.
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	Music of Nigeria - Information from Reference.com
		The Nergo's of the north are known for complex percussive music, the one-stringed goje fiddle, and a strong praise song vocal tradition.
		In both the Nigeria's most populous city, Lagos, and the largest city of Ibadan, these multicultural traditions were brought together and became the root of Nigerian popular music.
		Music is also used in literary drama, although its musical accompaniment is more sparingly used than in opera; again, music communicates the mood or tone of events to the audience.
	www.reference.com /search?q=Music+of+Nigeria (5193 words)

	..:: Official website of the Nigeria Music Awards ::..
		Traditional music from Nigeria and throughout Africa is almost always functional; in other words, it is performed to mark a ritual such as a birth, wedding or funeral and not for pure entertainment or artistic enjoyment.
		The most common format for music in Nigeria is the call-and-response choir, in which a lead singer and a chorus interchange verses, sometimes accompanied by instruments that either shadow the lead text or repeat and ostinato vocal phrase.
		Juju came to mean common, unsophisticated music, an exciting fusion of Western pop, Latin American rhythms and traditional African music and praise poetry that incorporates electric guitars and synthesizers with such indigenous instruments as talking drums.
	www.nigeriamusicawards.com /nigerian-music.htm (818 words)

	..:: Official website of the Nigeria Music Awards ::..
		The 2007 NMA Music Awards to be held in Nigeria.
		The Nigeria Music Award 2006 offered the best in music and unbridled entertainment, bringing together the creme-de-la-creme of the Nigerian and the African Caribbean communities with all the glamour, panache and style.
		Fans and leading music industry professionals had the opprtunity to nominate musicians in different categories, who deserve their special recognition and have made important contributions to the Nigerian music industry.
	nigeriamusicawards.com (0 words)

	Music of Nigeria
		Nigeria has been called "the heart of African music" because of its role in the development of West African highlife and palm-wine music, which fuses native rhythms with techniques imported from the Congo for the development of several popular styles that were unique to Nigeria, like apala, fuji, jùjú, and Yo-pop.
		Traditional music from Nigeria and throughout Africa is almost always functional; in other words, it is performed to mark a ritual such as a wedding or funeral and not for pure entertainment or artistic enjoyment.
		Music is also used in literary drama, although its musical accompaniment is more sparingly used than in opera; again, music communicates the mood or tone of events to the audience.
	en.explicatus.org /wiki/Music_of_Nigeria (6175 words)

	Nigeria information - Search.com
		Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in Western Africa.
		Nigeria borders the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, Niger in the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the south.
		Nigeria is infamous for being the source of scam e-mails sent to people all over the world requesting advance payments in order to help the sender relocate funds (419 scam).
	www.search.com /reference/Nigeria (1845 words)

	Nigeria: Nigerian Music - An Overview - OnlineNigeria.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Such a treatment would have to undertake a survey of traditional musical forms (instrumental and vocal in the very many Nigerian cultures; it will also be concerned with modern musical types in religion and social contexts like the church, the mosque and the night club.
		Like the dram itself, the use of music can be divided into two categories, namely, music as used in the operatic play and music as used in the literary play.
		In the operatic works, music is central and indispensable to the performance and is as much a medium of artisti realisation as the spoken word.
	www.onlinenigeria.com /links/adv.asp?blurb=149 (538 words)

	Nigeria facts, Nigeria travel videos, flags, photos - National Geographic (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Nigeria's three largest ethnic groups are: Hausa-Fulani (29 percent of the population), Yoruba (21 percent) and Igbo, or Ibo (18 percent).
		Northern Nigeria is mostly Islamic and dominated by the Hausa-Fulani ethnic group.
		Southern Nigeria is more westernized and urbanized than the north, with the Yoruba in the southwest and the Igbo in the southeast.
	www3.nationalgeographic.com /places/countries/country_nigeria.html (593 words)

	Omnipelagos.com ~ article "Music of Nigeria"
		Nigeria has been called "the heart of African music" because of its role in the development of West African highlife and palm-wine music, which fuses native rhythms with techniques imported from the Congo, Brazil, Cuba and elsewhere.
		The Hausa of the north are known for complex percussive music, the one-stringed goje fiddle, and a strong praise song vocal tradition.
		Durbar festivals are held in many parts of south-west Nigeria; durbar is meant to honour the Emir during the culmination of the Islamic festivals Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Adha, and Sallah for the well-known Katsina durbar, and is sometimes also used to honour visiting dignitaries IslamOnline.
	www.omnipelagos.com /entry?n=music_of_%4Eigeria (5800 words)

	Traditional Hausa Music of Nigeria - Sound Clip - MSN Encarta
		One of the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria, the Hausa people came under Muslim influence in the 14th century.
		Vocal music, generally praise songs, is greatly influenced by the Arabic scale and free-rhythm improvisation.
		Merging this influence with West African polyrhythmic drumming and call-and-response vocal and instrumental techniques have made for a rich music tradition in Nigeria.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461563660_761579171_-1_1/Traditional_Hausa_Music_of_Nigeria.html (101 words)

	Sacred Christian Music of Nigeria - Picture and Sound Clip - MSN Encarta
		Among the Igede people of Nigeria, Christianity has been syncretized with the existing religious belief system.
		In Christian hymns, God is still referred to as Ohe, and for Igede villagers, many of whom are unable to read the Bible, the songs illustrate parables and moral messages.
		For the most part, traditional drumming and dancing are not allowed in religious gatherings, therefore hymns such as this “Hallelujah” chorus are accompanied by polyrhythmic handclaps and an ota-ubah, a clay pot percussion instrument.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461526033_761560962_-1_1/Sacred_Christian_Music_of_Nigeria.html (136 words)

	African Music Encyclopedia: Glossary: African Styles of Music
		Also called mbira-based music, one of the best examples of this sound is the music of Thomas Mapfumo.
		Dance music from Ghana and Eastern Nigeria, originating from the popular kpanlogo rhythm developed in Ghana in the 60's.
		This popular style from Nigeria relies on the traditional Yoruba rhythms, but instead of being played on all precussive instruments as tradition demands the instruments in Juju are more Western in origin.
	www.africanmusic.org /glossary.html (792 words)

	Nigerian Music, History, etc (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Nigeria has over 265 tribes and with tribes, distinct forms of language, dressing, and singing are present.
		Nigeria changed from right hand drive on the 2nd of April, 1972 and decimal currency and matriculation on January 1, 1973.
		By placing these forms of music into tribes, I am not saying that form of music is exclusive to any one tribe.
	artistic.fadingwhispers.org /nigeria/nigmusic.html (486 words)

	World and traditional music: African ethnographic collections
		The first trip to the Zambia, Zaire, Tanzania and Kenya resulted in a collection of traditional music recordings and a detailed study of the guitar finger styles that were common in the 1950s and 1960s.
		The collection includes recordings of music from Lesotho, Zulu recordings made at the ingoma ebusuku (isicathamiya) choir competitions and a recording of an interview with the recordist.
		Basotho music - recorded by Henry Hardy at a rehearsal for the Young Farmers' fund-raising concert at Mohale's Hoek in March 1967.
	blpc.bl.uk /collections/sound-archive/wtmafricalist.html (2247 words)

	SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC
		To understand the networks and forces underpinning the contemporary flow and distribution of African music, it is essential to realise how closely they have been shaped by colonialism and the relationships between what now are known as “developing?and “developed?countries.
		If African music was just an ethnographic curiosity during the 1960’s, by the mid 1990’s, a consumer market for what became known as “World Music?had established globally.
		From an African perspective the challenges are both cultural and economic: African music has a massive role to play in Africa of the new millennium.
	www.music.org.za /Editorial.asp?ID=15 (1393 words)

	Nigeria music
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		Nigeria music, and a good deal of further can be learned here.
		Moreover, www.niger-tourism.com shall clear things up with respect to Nigeria music and the full expanse next to Niger and Nigeria music.
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	deseretnews.com \| President Hinckley now in Nigeria
		ABA, Nigeria — In the midst of a worldwide tour visiting church members in Alaska, Russia, Asia and Africa, President Gordon B. Hinckley arrived Friday in Aba, Nigeria, to the joyous welcome of Latter-day Saints here.
		The president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was greeted by Nigerian members lining both sides of Temple Road, which was built by the church, leading to the new Aba Nigeria Temple on a warm, cloudy early afternoon.
		President Hinckley continued with afternoon activities on the temple grounds, including a member meeting in the new Aba Nigeria Stake Center, adjacent to the temple, and a cultural event on the lawns in front of the ancillary building.
	www.deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600154191,00.html (590 words)

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		This pulsating music is played on seven sets of wooden marimbas, with shakers, drums and vocals.
		The music styles from these areas are distinct, and each has its own special allure.
		For many years, I.K. Dairo has been a motivating force in the music of Nigeria and has made a lasting impression on musicians from that country and from other parts of Africa.
	www.musicoftheworld.com /africa3.html (229 words)

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