Performances of most genres of Yorùbá popular music occur at elaborate parties; after rites of passage, such as naming ceremonies, weddings, and funerals; and at urban nightspots (“hotels
”). Recorded music of local and foreign origin is played, often at high volume, in patrilineal compounds, taxi-cabs, barbershops, and kiosks. Some genres of popular music are associated with Islam, and others with syncretic Christianity; some praise the powerful, and others critique social inequalities; some have...
