The study of the poetic and musical forms of Yoruba vocal music has not been adequately covered in scholarly literature. The situation has not changed very much since 1956 when Merriam made his statement. In the field of songs, among the few examples of analytical studies one comes across is "satirical, political, entreaties, interrogatory, incantatory and elegiac"
The study of the poetic and musical forms of Yoruba vocal music has not been adequately covered in scholarly literature. The situation has not changed very much since 1956 when Merriam made his statement. In the field of songs, among the few examples of analytical studies one comes across is "satirical, political, entreaties, interrogatory, incantatory and elegiac"
The study of the poetic and musical forms of Yoruba vocal music has not been adequately covered in scholarly literature. The situation has not changed very much since 1956 when Merriam made his statement. In the field of songs, among the few examples of analytical studies one comes across is "satirical, political, entreaties, interrogatory, incantatory and elegiac"