Music education plays a significant role in cultural preservation, creativity development, talent cultivation, and national advancement. However, despite its recognised educational and socio-cultural value, music education in Nigeria has continued to experience persistent challenges that have adversely affected its growth and effectiveness at various levels of the educational system.
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Music education plays a significant role in cultural preservation, creativity development, talent cultivation, and national advancement. However, despite its recognised educational and socio-cultural value, music education in Nigeria has continued to experience persistent challenges that have adversely affected its growth and effectiveness at various levels of the educational system.
Music occupies a central position in religious worship and serves as a medium through which adherents express faith, hope, devotion, and
This study addressed the persistent problem that musical artefacts are often defined narrowly as physical objects - a limitation that requires urgent attention as musical heritage increasingly expands across digital, embodied, and transnational contexts. It examined this gap by analysing a curated corpus of 120 musical materials using a conceptual–analytical design informed by material culture theory, intangible heritage studies, and ethnomusicology.