ABSTRACT While attempts have recently been made to theorise film and film music practice in Nigeria, its televisual counterpart is characterised by a dearth of musicological inquiry. As an original and preliminary contribution, this article interrogates and explains how television and TV music practice have been approached in Nigeria from 1959 to date. In light of this survey, two distinct periods have emerged: the protectionist (1959–1989) and the open (beyond 1990) eras. Specifically, this article analyses TV music practice based on events, situations, industry behaviour, and factors that aided, impeded, or determined its development in Nigeria. Practitioners’ oral accounts, textual and processual analyses, and relevant musical transcriptions are employed to demonstrate how the Nigerian TV music tradition evolved over five decades.

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尼日利亚电视音乐实践简史

摘要虽然最近已尝试对尼日利亚的电影和电影音乐实践进行理论化，但其电视对口的特点是缺乏音乐学探究。作为最初的和初步的贡献，本文询问并解释了从1959年至今在尼日利亚如何开展电视和电视音乐实践。根据这项调查，出现了两个不同的时期：贸易保护主义时期（1959年至1989年）和开放时代（1990年以后）。具体而言，本文根据事件，情况，行业行为以及在尼日利亚帮助，阻碍或确定其发展的因素来分析电视音乐实践。从业人员的口头陈述，文本和过程分析以及相关的音乐译本被用来证明尼日利亚电视音乐传统在过去的五十年中如何发展。