Syllabus content and objectives
Official JAMB Music outline · Section C: History and Literature of African Music
Contents / notes
- Features and forms of Nigerian traditional music and other arts.
- Festivals: Osun, Ifa, Ogun, Ekpo, Ofala, Iri ji (New Yam Festival), Ovia Osese, Mmanwu (Masquerade), Ila-Oso, Argungu Fishing Festival, Eyo or Adamu Orisa and Gelede.
- Dances and other arts: social, ritual and ceremonial forms.
- Examples: Masquerade, Koroso, Atilogwu, Ikperikpe (war dance), Egedeege, Kwaghir, Agbon, Nkwa Umuagbogho, Bata, Bori, Swange, Dundun, Kokoma, Abigbo and Okonko.
Candidate objectives
- Analyse the features and forms of Nigerian traditional music and the arts.
- Differentiate between types of festivals and dances and identify their origins.
- Identify the relationship between music, dance and drama in African festivals.
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