Monica Enyi is a musician living in Lagos, Nigeria. She is a member of the Igbo ethnic group. This interview was conducted by Quintina Carter-Enyi for the documentary "Keepers of the Songs" completed in 2021. Lagos Resource Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.
Genevieve Ogu is a musician living in Lagos, Nigeria. She is a member of the Igbo ethnic group. This interview was conducted by Quintina Carter-Enyi for the documentary "Keepers of the Songs" completed in 2021. Lagos Resource Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.
Elizabeth Ekaette is a musician living in Lagos, Nigeria. She is a member of the Efik ethnic group. This interview was conducted by Quintina Carter-Enyi for the documentary "Keepers of the Songs" completed in 2021. Lagos Resource Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.
Mary Umossoh is a musician living in Lagos, Nigeria. She is a member of the Efik ethnic group. This interview was conducted by Quintina Carter-Enyi for the documentary "Keepers of the Songs" completed in 2021. Lagos Resource Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.
Grace Oforka is a musician living in Lagos, Nigeria. She is a member of the Igbo ethnic group. This interview was conducted by Quintina Carter-Enyi for the documentary "Keepers of the Songs" completed in 2021. Lagos Resource Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.
Grace Oforka is a musician living in Lagos, Nigeria. She is a member of the Igbo ethnic group. This interview was conducted by Quintina Carter-Enyi for the documentary "Keepers of the Songs" completed in 2021. Lagos Resource Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.
Esther Eboka is a musician living in Nsukka, Nigeria. She is a member of the Igbo ethnic group. This interview was conducted by Quintina Carter-Enyi for the documentary "Keepers of the Songs" completed in 2021. University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu, Nigeria.
Dr. Ijeoma Forchu is a musician living in Enugu, Nigeria. She is a member of the Igbo ethnic group. This interview was conducted by Quintina Carter-Enyi for the documentary "Keepers of the Songs" completed in 2021. University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu, Nigeria.
Dr. Agatha Onwuekwe is a musician living in Awka, Nigeria. She is a member of the Igbo ethnic group. This interview was conducted by Quintina Carter-Enyi for the documentary "Keepers of the Songs" completed in 2021. University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu, Nigeria.
Dr. Agatha Onwuekwe is a musician living in Awka, Nigeria. She is a member of the Igbo ethnic group. This interview was conducted by Quintina Carter-Enyi for the documentary "Keepers of the Songs" completed in 2021. University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu, Nigeria.
Avoseh, Mejai B. M.; Mewhenu, Hosu Peter; Carter-Enyi, Aaron
Description
INTERVIEWER: Professor Mejai Bolaji Mike Avoseh RESPONDENT: Pa Pesu Agogo DURATION: 17.38 Minutes NOTE FROM TRANSLATOR: I decided to operate mainly in the third person masculine gender (he/him) for convenience, not gender insensitivity. Prof. Mike Avoseh (2019 Fulbright Scholar to Nigeria) interviews an elder of his community, Pa Pesu Agogo. In the early 1980s, praise-singer Yedenou Adjahoui came to Ere, Ado-Odo, Ogun State to commission the Community High School (Toyon). During Adjahoui's performance, he referred to Pa Agogo as "Pesu Mẹdagbè". Prof. Avoseh uses this anecdote as an entry point into the Ogu concept of Mẹdagbè, which has some similarities to the Yoruba concept of Omolúàbí. The Ogu are an indigenous people of Lagos and Ogun States in southwestern Nigeria. The ten-minute interview explores the concept of Mẹdagbè from the respondent's perspective.
