@article{6414,
  author = {I.I. Forchu},
  title = {Depiction and Empowerment of Women in Indigenous Igbo Music},
  abstract = {This article aims to understand how modern Igbo women in a patriarchal, dynamic, and fast-globalizing southeastern Nigerian society interpret and create meaning through the concept and practice of traditional music. I employed ethnographic and musicological research methods and focused on the organization, performance practice, and musical contents of three Igbo women’s ensembles. One of my major findings is that joint music-making efforts among Igbo women enhances bonding and reinforces group identity that yields psychological empowerment. I argue that the psychotherapeutic intentions of African music offer an ideal medium through which Igbo women can achieve psychological and social empowerment.},
  volume = {67},
  number = {1},
  pages = {45-71},
  url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85150220875&doi=10.5406%2f21567417.67.1.05&partnerID=40&md5=202eaee15d1787f99b0e70c282b1fe37},
  doi = {10.5406/21567417.67.1.05},
}