The Hausa are one of the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria, Niger, Ghana, Sudan, Cameroon and in many other West and Central African countries. Their folk music has played an important part in the development of Nigerian music, contributing such elements as the Goje, a one-stringed fiddle. There are two broad categories of traditional Hausa music: rural folk music and urban court music. They introduced the African pop culture genre that is still popular today.
Ceremonial music (rokon fada) is performed[1] as a status symbol, and musicians are generally chosen for political reasons as opposed to musical ones. Ceremonial music can be heard at the weekly sara, a statement of authority by the emir which takes place every Thursday evening.
Rural folk music includes styles that accompany the young girls' asauwara dance and the bòòríí or Bori religion both well known for their music.[3] It has been brought as far north as Tripoli, Libya by trans-Saharan trade. The bòòríí cult features trance music, played by calabash, lute or fiddle. During ceremonies, women and other marginalized groups fall into trances and perform odd behaviors, such as mimicking a pig or sexual behavior. These persons are said to be possessed by a character, each with its own litany (kírààrì). There are similar trance cults (the so-called "mermaid cults") found in the Niger Delta region.
Popular Hausa music artists include Muhamman Shata, who sings accompanied by drummers, Dan Maraya, who plays a one-stringed lute called a kuntikii, Audo Yaron Goje, who plays the goje, and Ibrahim Na Habu, who plays a small fiddle called a kukkuma.[4]
Referencesedit
^Turino, pg. 184; Bensignor, François and Ronnie Graham, "Sounds of the Sahel" and "From Hausa Music to Highlife" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pgs. 585 - 587 and pgs. 588 - 600
^Turino, pg. 184; Bensignor, François and Ronnie Graham, "Sounds of the Sahel" and "From Hausa Music to Highlife" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pgs. 585 - 587 and pgs. 588 - 600
^Turino, pg. 184; Bensignor, François and Ronnie Graham, "Sounds of the Sahel" and "From Hausa Music to Highlife" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pgs. 585 - 587 and pgs. 588 - 600
^Instrumentation: aglhaïta - duma - ganga - goge - kakati - talking drum - kontigi - kukkuma - molo Turino, pg. 184; Bensignor, François and Ronnie Graham, "Sounds of the Sahel" and "From Hausa Music to Highlife" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pgs. 585 - 587 and pgs. 588 - 600
Further readingedit
Ames, David W. (1971). Glossary of Hausa Music and Its Social Contexts. Northwestern University Press. ISBN0-8101-0361-3.
Besmer, Fremont E. (1983). Horses, Musicians and Gods: The Hausa Cult of Possession-Trance. Bergin and Garvey.
Kofoworola, Ziky (1987). Hausa Performing Arts and Music. Dept. of Culture, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture. ISBN978-173-041-2.
Mack, Beverly B. (2004). Muslim Women Sing: Hausa Popular Song. Indiana University Press. ISBN0-253-21729-6.
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