ENHANCING NATIONAL INTEGRATION THROUGH MUSIC: AN APPRAISAL
Human beings have been able to harness the power of music as a mode of expression in their societies to touch people?s life and give meaning to their whole being and existence. When we talk of music in this guise, it entails every aspect of musical arts engaged by people, which could be viewed from different perspectives such as dance, instruments and songs. This discourse centred on the contributions of these different aspects of musical elements or components towards enhancing national integration. A critical appraisal of the functions of these elements and analyses of some song texts from the music of some notable Nigerian musicians provided working materials for the work. It was duly observed that among many other functions of music, national integration is optimally propelled and given a pride of place by musicians in the country.
Keywords: appraisal, enhancing, integration, music, national