Response to Yoruba pop

Student’s Name Class Information Professor Date Response to Yoruba Pop I found the correlation between Islam and music interesting from the assigned reading. It is evident in contemporary society that Muslims have a conservative view of the music that they listen to. However, Waterman (474) associates "waka", "sakara", and "apala" as key to the spread of Islam among the Yoruba people, which allowed them to adapt to the local cultural context easily. Women usually performed the "waka" genre, which served as a spiritual inspiration during Muslim ceremonies. "Sakara" was centered at Bida, the north of the Yoruba community, and this was the area where early Muslims settled before spreading Islam among the Yoruba. This genre was primarily used for praising ...