ABSTRACT Egwu Ekpili is a highly dynamic and symbolic Igbo folk music that responds to social and political tensions in Igbo land in particular, and Nigeria in general. It deploys conventional and conceptual metaphors to articulate salient Igbo identities and ideologies, as well as represent or critique political power structures and relations. Hitherto, studies on Igbo folk music have examined performance styles, compositions, and aesthetic and utilitarian values from the ethnomusicological and literary (socio-political satire) perspectives, with little attention to the role of metaphor as a tool for representing socio-political and cultural realities in the Igbo society – whereas Egwu Ekpili is replete with metaphorical expressions, perceived to be critical to the full understanding of this unique Igbo folk music genre. From a critical metaphor perspective, this study examines the strategic deployment of metaphor in representing identities and ideologies in selected songs of three popular and foremost Egwu Ekpili musicians, namely Gentleman Mike Ejeagha, Chief Akunwata Ozoemena Nsugbe and Chief Emeka Morocco Maduka. The study integrates ideas from Charteris-Black's Critical Metaphor Theory to explicate a typical Nigerian socio-political system and structure fraught with power struggle, dominance and embezzlement. Metaphors from five source domains of animal, journey, plant/food, war/conflict and family represent the ideological positioning and inclinations of the Igbo people.

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伊博族民间音乐中的隐喻，身份和意识形态

摘要Egwu Ekpili是具有高度活力和象征意义的伊博族民间音乐，可应对伊博族尤其是尼日利亚的社会和政治紧张局势。它使用常规和概念隐喻来表达明显的伊博族身份和意识形态，以及代表或批评政治权力结构和关系。迄今为止，有关伊博族民间音乐的研究已经从民族音乐学和文学（社会政治讽刺）的角度研究了表演风格，作品以及美学和功利价值，而很少关注隐喻作为代表社会政治和文化的工具的作用。伊格勃族社会的现实–而伊格武·埃克皮利（Egwu Ekpili）充满了隐喻表达，被认为对于充分理解这种独特的伊格勃族民间音乐类型至关重要。从批判性隐喻的角度出发，本研究考察了隐喻在代表三位最受欢迎的Egwu Ekpili音乐家（即绅士Mike Ejeagha，首席Akunwata Ozoemena Nsugbe和首席Emeka摩洛哥Maduka）的精选歌曲中的身份和意识形态的战略部署。这项研究结合了查特里斯·布莱克的批判隐喻理论的思想，阐释了典型的尼日利亚社会政治制度和结构，充满权力斗争，统治和贪污。来自动物，旅途，植物/食物，战争/冲突和家庭的五个来源领域的隐喻代表了伊博人的意识形态定位和倾向。绅士Mike Ejeagha，酋长Akunwata Ozoemena Nsugbe和酋长Emeka摩洛哥Maduka。这项研究结合了查特里斯·布莱克的批判隐喻理论的思想，阐释了典型的尼日利亚社会政治制度和结构，充满权力斗争，统治和贪污。来自动物，旅途，植物/食物，战争/冲突和家庭的五个来源领域的隐喻代表了伊博人的意识形态定位和倾向。绅士Mike Ejeagha，酋长Akunwata Ozoemena Nsugbe和酋长Emeka摩洛哥Maduka。这项研究结合了查特里斯·布莱克的批判隐喻理论的思想，阐释了典型的尼日利亚社会政治制度和结构，充满权力斗争，统治和贪污。来自动物，旅途，植物/食物，战争/冲突和家庭的五个来源领域的隐喻代表了伊博人的意识形态定位和倾向。