Introduction
Music is a very vital element in every part of the world and most especially The African Traditional Song (Music) music can be a message that is passed across from generation to generation orally, African Traditional music is essential to the lives of Africans because it has the capacity to pass across vital information to the people.
Music according to the oxford dictionary is a guide to playing a singing a particular tune. Music changes the lives of people emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually.
Africa traditional song is historically Ancient Rich and diverse, with different regions. Traditional music is passed down orally and is not written. Music before the 20th century was very different when compared to the music of the 21st century was very different when compared to the music of 21st century, there were distinct occasions for each type of Africa music.
Vitally ever Yoruba person of a certain age knows the Horse, the man and the son, the 197s release by chief commander Ebenezer obey and his international broder bend
Name: Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey
Tribe: Yoruba
Classification of the Music
This is a folk traditional sing (juju) song by chief commander Ebenezer Obey in Yoruba language. The song emphasized majorly on human character, the behavior of human-being which is unpleasing men are known to be unpleasful, the character and environment which the singer find himself made liul sing this traditional song. To eradicate the unpleasing act of men.
Kefekete song which sang in the early 1873, the song ketekete meaning worse illustrate the behavior of people and how people can celuse discomfort to ones action, the singer has taught much on how to please. People but could not find a way, people way of life differs from the other, what is good for one might be bad for another, what so ever brings pleasure to one might be bad for another, with this he tried in his music to explain how Odious a man heart are towards whatever action, a man made in life.
He was respected and popular among the Yoruba people consigning the exposure of this act among the people.
Ebenizer Obey is known through this songs as one of the Yoruba Traditional singer (Juju Music).
Although he was unable to arrive at the conclusion of how to settle this cause, he concluded that life is just for a short period of time.
Lyrics of the song Ketekete (The Horse, the man and his son.)
Chorus
Ko sogbon to le da
Ko si wa to le hun
Kos i wa to le mo
To le fi te aiye loorun o There is no trick you can play
There is no strategy you can employ
There is no part you can know
To satisfy the people of the world
Solo Gege bi agbalagba
Baba gun ketekete
Omo re tele, bi won ti se
Rin siwaju die won
Araye mo araiyo niha
Baba abgalagba
Omo rin nile iwo
Gun kekete
Baba ba bosile ion, ketekete
Baba bag be omore sori ketekete
Won ba mu irin ajo won pon
Won lo won lo
Bi won se rin siwaju die
Won pade adamo, ede ohio ariju
Owo ayaiye hun ni haa
Baba agbalagba rin ni le omo gun ketekete
Baba gbagbe omo re sile
Gun ketekete pelu omore
Iwo mu irin ajo won pon
Won lo won lo
Wan tun se rin siwaju die
Won pada adamo ede omoanye
Araiye ni haa
Baba ati omore alanu niyin
Eyin mejeji lan ketekete efa pa ketekete
Baba ba omo oke titi
Oni ma teyin olorun eyin eda
Omo arayie
Ketekete lolofa pelu omo re
Ti ereriu tele
Bi won fun se rin siwaju die won pade owo-odawo eda owo aiye
Omo araiye tuni tala
Eyin mejeji, era araiye obiyinn
ern hile keteketebloo foto As an old man
Baba climb the Horse
His son followed Him as they moved a little
They meant the people of the world
The people of the world said Ha !
Old man
Your child walks with his legs
And you are on the Horse
Baba step down from the horse
Bab then put his child on the horse
Baba step his son down
Baba climbed the horse with his son
The commence their journey
They were going and going
As they wave further
They meat the people of the world
They would said ha!
Baba and his son are unpityful
The both of you on a small horse
Do they want to kill the horse
Baba and his son came down he was to satisfy the worlds
The horse was empty with no
one on it, the old man and his
son walks along side with the
hores.
As they go further the meet
With people of the world
The world said Ha !
What kind of a person are they
Two of you
You bnoth walk and the horse
Move empty
Didactic implication: this song has a positive value or outlook on how we consider peoples opinion with regards to our own actions. This we can ascertain from the example of the man in the song who keep jumping from or accepting the opinion of others with regards to how he is going to travel on the horse with his son.
This song shows that human knowledge can either be subjective or objective in nature. The opinion of everyone he met on his way keep giving him different advice or view of how to travel on the horse back, and every man he met kept giving their own opinion about to how he should ride the horse
Consequently, because the man wants to accept the opinion of everyone he met on his journey, he was mocked by people on his way and he was given a contrary as how to ride the horse. The man, in other words, tries to satisfy the opinion and view of everyone he met on his way and this he got a negative result for.
In conclusion humans cannot satisfy or live up to the expectation of everyone, trying to live up to see expectations of others has cost several people must pain and troubles, has one cannot live up to d standard of others. No wonder at the later part of the song the singer mentioned that there is no action or activity that ever human can engage in that will met or be satisfactory to others
Lesson from the song.
1. You cannot please everybody
2. Whatever you do there will be people who will criticize you
3. So, just do what you believe is right and don’t be distracted by criticisms.
Epistemological review
In the above song we can highlight two problems of ancient and modern epistemology- Doubt and Perception
Ones doubt about a particular activity or enterprise can lead to an obstruction in knowledge acquisition. This doubt can be seen in the behavioral pattern of the man, he had doubt about his own judgment with regards to how he should travel on the horse. This doubt lead him to cling to the opinion of the people he met on his way and his doubt eventually made him frustrated because each time he was given an opinion on how to travel he quickly adhere to it.
On the issues of perception, perception has to do with the individual persons point of view or opinion or knowledge about a particular idea or incident. Ones perception about an incident can be wrong or right depending on who is judging. This issue of perception can be seen when the man has to change from his own perception regarding how best to ride the horse with his son to the perception of several individual or group of persons he met on his way. Perception, to a very great extent has great influence on how one acquires knowledge.
Doubt and perception greatly affects how one acquires knowledge. Doubt can hinder one’s ability to acquire knowledge and perception can lead to a dogma (accepting something even when it has been proven to be wrong).
Another aspect of epistemology that can be reviewed in the song is the objectivity and subjectivity of knowledge.
Objectivity and subjectivity of known implies that while knowledge is possible interpretation of what is known can be diverse and may or to be as different as we have different knowing subject. The justification of this implication is seen in their different answers and perception as to how the man ought to ride the horse, whether he and his son should be on the horse back or he should sit on the horse back while his son walks along or the direct opposite: that is him walking along while his son sit on the horse back.
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