ABSTRACT

Music is a nucleus of culture and constitutes the vehicular body by which traditions are transmitted from one generation to generation. From the beginning of time, up to the present, people are usually and permanently ascribed duties that are unique to their sex group (ie male or female) due to biological nature and sexual anatomy. Some roles are ascribed to the female folks and some to the male folks as they concerned to Igbo traditional society and the type of musical performances associated with each of the roles. Therefore, this paper focuses on the developments in the literature of culture, female gender, and music making and its performance in Igbo traditional society.