Examining Cultural Heritage preservation through popular musical arts in Sunny Ade's Ògún

Abstract

This study examined Sunny Ade's song titled 'Ogun' with the aim of analyzing its lyrical message in comparison with the conventional view of the Yorùbá people. Historically, popular musicians in south west Nigeria focused their songs towards good morals, societal norm, peace, current affairs, love, money, and entertainment.  However, some musicians recorded songs eulogizing Yorùbá deities for various reasons which benefited such musicians and members of the society. Admirers of such musicians still enjoy the recorded songs and kept it as an archive of values. Findings showed that, some of these songs contributed to ethnic identity, 
good morals and low in crime rate in those days. This study provided analysis of the song with its musical scores documented for 
musicologists and other concerned scholars. This study is historical and relied on discography, observation and bibliographical style 
for data collection. Adopted theory for this study is the Theory of Change and Continuity.