Gospeltainment: Music and Profit in Nigeria.
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2020-06-23
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A publication of University of Dares Salaam.
Abstract
Nigerian gospel music is an emblematic and significantly informative entertainment
industry; it is both an artistic and a contemporary religious genre that reveals social
transformations nationally, regionally and globally. The historical fusion of entertainment
with spirituality in Nigerian music reflects at once the influence of secular music
upon the composition process and the performance context, the pressures of audience
demand, the idiosyncrasies of each musician, as well as financial and commercial
trends. The radical effects of change in the local labour market and in the world
economy are not really new; these have been features of Nigerian gospel music since
its origin. But now these factors define this music at the performance level as well.
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Gospeltainment – gospel – Nigerian popular music – African Pentacostalism – Christian music and dance
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UTAFITI Journal of African Perspectives Volume 15.1 (2020) pp.81-100