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    Aesthetics of narration in selected Mike Ejeagha’s folk songs
    (Obafemi Awolowo University, 2016) Akuneziri, Peace Amara
    This study identified and analysed the narrative devices used by Mike Ejeagha in the performance of the selected songs which include Onye Isi Oche and Omekagụ. It discussed the literary implications of the narratives and highlighted the aesthetics inherent in the selected Mike Ejeagha’s songs. This was with the view to shedding light on the creative ingenuity of Ejeagha as a folk narrator who is committed to the exposition and preservation of Igbo traditions/cultural practices. Both primary and secondary sources were used for data collection. The primary data comprised Onye Isi Oche and Omekagụ from Mike Ejeagha’s folk music Album titled: The Omenala Series Number One. The songs were selected because of the narrative devices that characterised them. The selected songs were translated from Igbo Language into English Language and analysed to identify the narrative aesthetics used in the performance of the songs. Secondary source included books, journal articles and the Internet. The tales in the songs were analysed with Roland Barthes’s proairetic and semantic narrative codes. The results of the study showed that there were artistic beauty in selected Mike Ejeagha’s folk songs which were evidenced in the narrative devices - repetition, digression, ideophones, and parallelism. From the analysis, it was discovered that the repeated lines increased the temporality of the songs and also captured the interest of the audience in the performance of the songs. The study also revealed that parallelism enabled the narrator to arrange the wordings of the songs to express the actions and emotions of the characters in the tales. The study further showed that the narratives in the songs addressed some aspects of Igbo customs especially issues of inheritance and injustice as explicated in the story of Omekagụ while the story of Onye Isi Oche condemned desperation for power and fame as an attitude for failure. Using Roland Barthes narrative codes - semantic and proairetic in analysing of the narratives in the songs, it was discovered that there are cultural and aesthetic meanings in the two selected songs of Ejeagha. The study demonstrated that narrative devices abound in the selected songs of Mike Ejeagha. The study also analysed the tales as well as the narrative styles in the selected songs. The literary implications of the narratives to the Igbo genre and society where the selected songs domiciled were also discussed. It was concluded that the aesthetics of Ejeagha’s songs was in his narrative style.
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    Ritual and Performance Aesthetics in the Ukpe Festival of the Weppa-Wanno People of Edo State
    (2015) Omosimua, Rebecca Egbenya
    The study identified the ritual and performance aesthetics in the Ukpefestival of Weppa-Wanno people of Edo State, It also examined the aesthetic features of the ritual performance in the festival and analysed the significance of Ukpe festival in the cosmology of Weppa-Wanno people. This was done with a view to establishing that Ukpe possessed indigenous dramatic elements. The study employed both primary and secondary sources of data collection. The primary source included the 2012 and 2013 performances of the Ukpefestival. These editions were observed and the video recordings and pictures taken were used in the analysis. In addition, Interviews were conducted with eight purposively selected main custodians of the Weppa-Wanno tradition and Ukpe festival. These custodians included three high chiefs, two titled women and three performers who had rich knowledge of the festival. The secondary source included books, journal articles and the Internet. The data analyses were carried out using the theoretical framework of semiotics by Ropo Sekoni and Charles Sanders Peirce. The choice of semiotics was based on the premise that it formed the bedrock upon which meaning inherent in any given sign can be decoded. The study established that the festival employed ritual and performance elements such as performance space, audience, characters, action, dance, procession, masks, songs, drumming, and elaborate costuming. All of these elements coalesced in the aesthetics of the festival. The study also revealed that the aesthetic features of Ukpe ritual performance served as major determinants in the artistic evaluation of Ukpe as an African performative art. The study further revealed that Ukpe festival promoted the cosmology of the people through artistic expressions. The study concluded that Ukpe encapsulates many cultural signs that provide meaning and entertainment while offering newer perspectives on the artistic vibrancy of Weppa-Wanno people and their cultural productions.