Five African Dances for Organ Solo

The Five African Dances for Organ Solo is a collection of five pieces based on distinct Nigerian folk melodies and traditional rhythmic patterns, except for “Tribute to Highlife,” “Ijo Faaji,” and “Palongo,” which are original in conception and realization. African music could be conceptualized from various parameters: dance, communication, social, political, economic, ritual, practical, organology, melodic harmonic, rhythmic, theoretical framework, creative and performance procedures, religious, and linguistic perspectives. The Five African Dances celebrates and demonstrates significant aspects of African music through tuneful melodies, repetitions, simplicity, can-and-response technique, harmonic organization, scale system, traditional creative procedures, and irresistible dance rhythms. In addition, this work is a true summation of intercultural creativity—the amalgamation of Western and African idioms.