- Collection:
- Africana Digital Ethnography Project (ADEPt)
- Title:
- Ije nwayo by Agbani-Nguru Ikorodo Ensemble
- Creator:
- Nwankwo, Jude
Carter-Enyi, Aaron - Date of Original:
- 2019-01-12
- Subject:
- Igbo (African people)
Music
Dance
Igbo language - Location:
- Nigeria, Enugu State, 6.5, 7.5
- Medium:
- born digital
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Ikorodo is a traditional music ensemble accompanied by a maiden dance, popular among the Nsukka people of Enugu State, Nigeria. It is performed with a set of four horns (Isi opi, Akpoke, Akpanwunye, Mgbe) employing hocket technique and four percussive instruments (okpokolo – wooden slit drum, osha – rattles, alo – metal gong, igba – membrane drum). The instrumentalists are old men while the dancers are young maidens. This performance was recorded at the home of chairman of the group in Agbani-Nguru, Nsukka, on January 12, 2019. This is the beginning of performance where the group processes to the outdoor performance area. One of the dancers is chanting the phrase “Ije nwayo”, which means “Walk gently” in the Nsukka dialect of the Igbo language. Keywords: Ikorodo, Music, Dance, Nigeria, Igbo, Hocket.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/adept.unn:0014
- Rights Holder:
- Morehouse College
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection are protected by copyright. For more information or to request a use not granted under the Copyright Educational Use Statement from rightsstatements.org, please contact Aaron Carter-Enyi (aaron.carterenyi@morehouse.edu) with the web URL or handle identification number.
- Extent:
- 0:03:52
- Original Collection:
- African Digital Ethnography Project: University of Nigeria Nsukka Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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