{"id":6001,"date":"2025-06-24T20:54:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T20:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/asa-allyson-and-davies-three-amazons-of-tonal-integrity-in-yoruba-vocal-music\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T04:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T04:18:09","slug":"asa-allyson-and-davies-three-amazons-of-tonal-integrity-in-yoruba-vocal-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/asa-allyson-and-davies-three-amazons-of-tonal-integrity-in-yoruba-vocal-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Asa, Allyson, and Davies: Three Amazons of Tonal Integrity in Yoruba Vocal Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: <strong>Asa, Allyson, and Davies: Three Amazons of Tonal Integrity in Yoruba Vocal Music<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Original Article Link: <a href='https:\/\/utafitionline.com\/index.php\/eajhss\/article\/view\/906' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Download PDF: <a href='https:\/\/utafitionline.com\/index.php\/eajhss\/article\/download\/906\/340' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Click Here to Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>The existing body of literature has engaged the translation of English hymns to the Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 language by European missionaries sung to European tunes, which constituted linguistic distortion of the Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 language. Little or no attention has been given to this phenomenon in Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 vocal music outside core liturgical settings. Despite the distorted singing of Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 words in the church and its influence on Christian and popular Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 singers, there remains a school of Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 composers and singers, whose music has continued to align with Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 speech tone pattern. Anchored on the theory of cultural representation, this study investigates three selected female icons of contemporary Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 music \u2013 Bukola Elemide, Sola Allyson Obaniyi and Yinka Davies, who have demonstrated strong allegiance to Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 tonal integrity in their musical vocalisations. Purposive sampling was employed in selecting two songs from each of the artists and subjected to content analysis. The music of the three selected singers conforms to Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 tonal integrity, thereby promoting appropriateness in Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 vocal music composition and performance. Their music has continued to create awareness, serving as an avenue for advocacy in the proper approach to composing and singing Yoruba music.<\/p>\n<h2>Authors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Tolu Owoaje (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)<\/li>\n<li>Oluwaseun Owoaje (University of Lagos, Nigeria)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<p>Asa, Contemporary music, Sola Allyson, Tone pattern, Yor\u00f9b\u00e1<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: Asa, Allyson, and Davies: Three Amazons of Tonal Integrity in Yoruba Vocal Music Original&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[2503,2504,2505,2506,1880],"class_list":["post-6001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-asa","tag-contemporary-music","tag-sola-allyson","tag-tone-pattern","tag-yoruba","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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