List of nigerian art works

Traditional music remains the pedestal of Nigerian cultural identification. The music has being in existence from the emergence of the nation and is still upheld by its practitioners as well as its patrons as the chief custodian and conduit of Nigerian cultural heritage.

In a nutshell, traditional music encapsulates the world-view, philosophy, aspiration, religion, history, lineage, social, economic and political systems of the nation.

However, music in Nigeria has never been static, but has consistently been undergoing a process of metamorphosis through a continued exposure to diverse musical styles from foreign cultures.

This process of assimilation and integration has left a long trail of musical synthesis between Nigeria and musical idioms from countries such as America, Brazil, Cuba, Europe and other African nations.

The roots of the new idiomatic expressions could be traced back to the mid-nineteenth century with the arrival of American and European missionaries and the cen