Abstract This paper on abigbo music of the Mbaise, Igbo argues that indigenous music could be processed beyond its value as a purveyor of historical facts to gain insights into the nature of experiences, trajectories, concerns, fears and projections of a society. The discourse is anchored on the Igbo philosophy of the convergence of the distant past and the distant future at the ever-evolving present, and encapsulated in the theory of cyclic integration presented here. According to this theory, abigbo music not only shows influences from the distant past in the present, but foresees the distant future through occurrences in the past. This is apparent in abigbo song texts, which reveal the perspectives of communities regarding their early encounters with missionaries and the enduring impact these groups had on the Igbo until the present day. A transcription of the abigbo song ‘Ndi Amuma Ugha’ (‘False Prophets’) is discussed to highlight some of the conclusions drawn.

中文翻译：

---

阿比博音乐和不断发展的当下：处理土著音乐作为伊博姆贝斯人社区体验的指标

摘要 这篇关于 Mbaise 的阿比博音乐的论文，伊博认为，土著音乐可以超越其作为历史事实传播者的价值进行处理，以深入了解社会的经验、轨迹、关注、恐惧和预测的本质。该论述立足于将遥远的过去和遥远的未来融合在不断发展的现在的伊博哲学，并封装在此处介绍的循环积分理论中。根据这一理论，阿比博音乐不仅在现在表现出来自遥远过去的影响，而且通过过去发生的事情来预见遥远的未来。这在 abigbo 歌曲文本中很明显，它揭示了社区关于他们早期与传教士相遇的观点以及这些群体直到今天对伊博人的持久影响。