Ethnomusicological Study of Omabe Uturu Nweze Enunu of Nguru, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria

Abstract

Omabe music of Nguru Uturu Nweze Enunu at Ogba-Agu is one of the most important ceremonial music in life of Nguru Omabe practitioners. This research investigates Omabe Music of Nsukka—an ethnomusicological study on Omabe music of Nguru Uturu Nweze Enunu at Ogba-Agu with regard to its origin and in terms of the internal and external factors that have affected it. Passive and participant observational oral interviews were the instruments used in the field to observe the Omabe groups in the cult hutch houses. Those topical issues on Omabe music of Nguru Uturu Nweze Enunu are restructured to serve as a framework for the coherent realization of the objectives in the vocal music and the structural elements of instrumental ensemble studies. The summarization, observation, and recommendations were based on the findings.