Recently, one of my past students, who now lives in the US, came all the way from Philadelphia to be at my birthday celebration. Her first question t… - Joy Nwosu Lo-Bamijoko
" "Recently, one of my past students, who now lives in the US, came all the way from Philadelphia to be at my birthday celebration. Her first question to me was, “Ma, why did you leave? We all needed you and you left.” I gave her a simple answer that time, telling her that I left because there was nothing else left for me to do. My department was scrapped and we were rendered redundant. My colleagues, some younger than me were dead, if I had stayed, I don’t know what would have become of me.
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About Joy Nwosu Lo-Bamijoko
Joy Ifeoma Nroli Nwosu Lo-Bamijoko ' (amụrụ 27 Ọgọst 1940) bụ onye Naijiria ethnomusicologist, onye na-eduzi egwu egwu, onye nkatọ egwu na soprano. Onye nkuzi egwu na Mahadum Lagos, o kwalitere ihe ngosi Bel canto na Nigeria iji kwalite mmasị na opera na ụdị abụ Ịtali. O meela ihe karịrị 50 solo ma ọ bụ otu egwu na Nigeria na mba ole na ole. N'afọ 1968, o bipụtara akwụkwọ Cinema e Africa for Aracne editrice, otu nke gbasara ndị Africa na Cinema.
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On my Dissertation Book Cover, there is something I think you should mention in the book. It is about my dissertation. Before I went to Michigan, I did an extensive research on Igbo folktales, with the intention of writing my dissertation on the importance of folktales and folk song in music education. When I arrived Michigan, in my excitement, I mentioned my plan to a fellow student, a Ghanaian, who was there before me, and had been struggling to get his proposal approved. He quickly stole the idea from me. So I had to go looking for another topic. I wanted my studies to have relevance with my culture, so I started praying, asking God to give me a topic. As I was praying, the Lord was pointing me to the huge book by Sachs & Hornbostel on “Instruments of of World. I was then taking courses in Ethnomusicology and so was familiar with the works of these two men.
When I returned from Michigan in 1982, I looked forward to a peaceful tenure at my job. My credential wahala had been put to rest. I was also hoping that advancement in my job will be a done deal. I still performed with the Laz Ekwueme choral, but I took time off to set up my band and do my own thing. My work with the choral diminished as my work with my own band increased. I set up a children‘s choir also, and that kept me even more busy, so busy that I stopped singing with the choral.
One time, he told me that I should know that the right hand should wash the left hand for peace to reign. I reminded him that when I returned from Michigan to Nigeria to do my field work, I almost jeopardized my field work because he insisted that I must travel with his choir to Ghana and to different state of Nigeria. I pleaded with him to allow me some time to develop my own credits so that I can be promoted. He told me that he decided who got promoted or not, and that it did not depend on how much credit I can accumulate, but on how well I serve him. My God! I could not reason with the man.
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