Four master-classes in ìlù bàtá

by

Àyàn Làmídì Àyánkúnlé (1949-2018)

È̩rìn Ò̩s̩un, Ìpínlè̩ Ò̩s̩un, Nigeria

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Photo: Làmídì's arrival to his invited lecture in the Department of Percussion, Berklee College of Music, Boston 2004

In 1997, the Department of Performing Arts, University of Ìlo̩rin was honored to host an intensive one-week curriculum by Àyàn Làmídì introducing the art and science of e̩nà bàtá coded surrogate speech.

The proceedings were emceed by Àyàn Dr. Billy O̩lájídé of Kwara State College of Education with participation by students and staff of the Department of Linguistics & Nigerian Languages, University of Ìlo̩rin.

Pending complete transcription and translation of the video record, a low-res version is posted here in memory of our great friend and teacher. A jo̩ lo̩, a jó̩ bò̩, baba!

(i) Tuesday 7 October 15h00 (93 min.)

(ii) Wednesday 8 October 15h00 (68 min.)

(iii) Thursday 9 October 15h00 (65 min.)

(iv) Thursday 9 October 19h00 (68 min.) featuring E̩gbé̩ Eléégún Alárìnjó King Lébe, È̩rìn Ò̩s̩un

Dr. Debbie Klein has published a concise vita of Àyàn, following on her monograph about the bàtá performance scene in È̩rìn which he animated for many decades:

Yorùbá Bàtá Goes Global — artists, culture-brokers & fans (University of Chicago Press 2007).

Làmídì Àyánkúnlé in the Dictionary of African Biography (Oxford University Press 2011).



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