THE EDUCATIONAL VALUES OF IGBO FOLK MUSIC WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON THE OLK SONGS OF IBAGWA-AKA IN IGBO-EZE SOUTH LOCAL GOVERTMENT AREA OF ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA. A RESEARCH PROJECT TOPIC ON MUSIC

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INTRODUCTION1.1       Background of the StudyTo the African, music is not just an art for enjoyment; rather, it is a way of life. Africans see music as an activity that must come into any aspect of life without which that aspect of life is not complete. A typical African has musical experiences from birth to death, and the same is true of Ibagwa-Aka in Igbo-Eze South Local Government area of Enugu State. Such activities like working, child-birth, festivals, farming, funeral, marriage, initiation, naming ceremonies, and all other social occasions and religious workshop are associated with one type of cultural music or another. The objective of this research project is to assess the educational values of Igbo traditional music, with emphasis on the folk songs of Ibagwa-Aka in Igbo-Eze South Local Government area of Enugu State.The Igbo are always recognized by their culture, this can be seen through material things which includes their arts, crafts, the furniture in homes and in other activities such as religious, beliefs, family life, ways of spending leisure, dialects of the Igbo languages spoken, dress, social life, political organization, music and dance.