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Content and Form of Selected Ukwuani Lullabies. Ogochuku Anigala & Chukualuka Akoni.pdf (7.1 MB)
Content and Form of Selected Ukwuani Lullabies
Lullabies have been studied by various scholars over the years for their
sociological, literary and linguistic values. However, not much attention has
been paid to Ukwuani lullabies by oral literature scholars. This study engages
Ukwuani lullabies with the intent of establishing some of its themes and technical
qualities. The songs selected for this research were sourced in the course of a
fieldwork in which informants were made to perform some of the songs. The
researcher recorded the songs and transcribed them for analysis. Formalism was
adopted as the theoretical fulcrum for this research with its focus on literary
texts as independent aesthetic entities. The findings of this paper reveal that
Ukwuani lullabies reflect various universal truths and lessons, with themes
such as the infertility, fear of leaving home, fear of not being loved or
giving love, happiness, kindness, friendship, generosity, and merits of hard
work.