Sounding the Impact of COVID-19 on Environmental Health in Lagos, Nigeria
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https://doi.org/10.46863/ecocene.133Keywords:
COVID-19, Lagos, Ecomusicology, Popular music, EnvironmentAbstract
The study examines the use of music as a tool for chronicling the environmental effects of COVID-19 pandemic in Nigerian space, particularly, Lagos state. The study employs ethnographic research using interview methods and musical analysis of selected popular songs. Using purposive sampling technique, 10 people were contacted, 5 each from mega slums and urban areas. Backed by ecomusicological theory and the concept of musical environmentalism, this study examines how music offers a site of memory for COVID-19 and its consequences on environment health, how popular musicians advocate for the prevention of and rehabilitation from effects of COVID-19 in African urban cities like Lagos. It also investigates the perception of Lagos dwellers on the impact of COVID-19 on environmental health. From the interviews conducted and the analysis of popular songs by Cohbams Asuquo, Adewale Ayuba, and MK Arzikii, the article concludes that music has the potential to advocate for and sensitize on the effect of COVID-19 on environmental sustainability and transformation in African cities.
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