Title: | The evolving face of ‘Iwa Akwa’ |
Author: | Uzor, Tia-Monique |
Year: | 2013 |
Periodical: | African Performance Review (ISSN 1753-5964) |
Volume: | 7 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 104-115 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Abstract: | The paper examines the Igbo traditional coming of age festival, the ‘Iwa Akwa’. More specifically, it focuses on a scene of spontaneous modern, creolized and eroticized choreography danced unexpectedly by a group of children in Umukpa, Obowo, Imo State, Eastern Nigeria in January 2012 at a family friend’s celebration. Observation of this scene conjured questions about tradition and its preservation. The paper considers the effect of popular music and dance culture on the ‘Iwa Akwa’. In a world where technology has made cultural exchange more mobile, the author considers the survival of traditions as they increasingly contend with the modern era. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract] |
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