1.0 Introduction
1.1 Background of Study
The music of Sola Allyson Obaniyi is reflective of the cultural and social realities that obtain in the Yoruba society. Her lyrics, Marose, from her album, Adun, addresses the importance and significance of the ethics of work. The paper canvasses that a conceptual framework that sees work in relation to leisure and play could be used to rectify the state of affairs that has been responsible for the degradation of work from its traditional conception as a noble human activity.
New inventions, rising standards of living and compulsive external situations necessitate the rise in family income, which is possible mainly by gainfully career of the home maker. The study was carried out to evaluate the impact of women’s career on marital relationship during 2010. Women have a great responsibility of home management. Technical and industrial advancements have made life easy, while the role of women has also changed.
According to Wikipedia (2021), the first published use of the term "Gospel song" probably appeared in 1874 when Philip Bliss released a songbook entitled Gospel Songs. It was used to describe a new style of church music, songs that were easy to grasp and more easily singable than the traditional church hymns, which came out of the mass revival movement starting with Dwight L. Moody, whose musician was Ira D. Sankey, as well as the Holiness-Pentecostal movement. Prior to the meeting of Moody and Sankey in 1870, there was an American rural / frontier history of revival and camp meeting songs, but the gospel hymn was of a different character, and it served the needs of mass revivals in the great cities (Wikipedia, 2021). The purpose of the research work is to investigate the problems and prospects of female gospel musician and their bands in Nigeria using Sola Allyson as a case study.
1.2 Statement of Problems
Female gospel musician and their and their instrumentalists can encounter serious performing problems because of their physiology that is not regarded as being significant in medical terms, but which nevertheless may seriously hinder or even prevent them from playing their instruments. Music-related medical advice is based on fundamental medical procedures, and includes taking a detailed case history, instrumental biography and, above all, player observation. Three case studies from a medical information center for professional and lay musicians show the importance of gender-specific problems in female musicians (NIH, 2021):
- A pianist with "pseudo short-arm syndrome" due to circumference of the abdomen as a result of pregnancy;
- A violinist with pain in the shoulder girdle due to heavy mammae; and
- A young oboist with "pseudo breathing- problems" during menstruation.
1.3 Aim and Objectives of the Study
The aim of the research work is to investigate the problems and prospects of female gospel musician and their bands in Nigeria using Sola Allyson as a case study. In achieving this aim, the following objectives were set out as follows;
- To investigate the Problems and Prospects of Female Gospel Musician and their bands in Nigeria, by ensuring the major adjustment, compromise and realization of supreme importance for marital adjustment.
- To maintain essential feminine virtues of tolerance, sacrifice and humility and has to take keen interest and pride in female gospel musician role to carry out satisfactorily,
- To ensure proper execution of dual role of woman, by creating awareness that female gospel musician should be aware that good management is essential.
1.4 Research Questions
The following are the questions of the research work;
- What are the problems of the female gospel musician in Nigeria?
- Are there any prospects involved in female Gospel Musician and their bands in Nigeria?
- Is there any impact in Sola Allyson gospel music in Nigeria?
1.5 Research Hypothesis
H0: There is no significant issue involved in female gospel musician and their bands in Nigeria.
H1: There is a significant issue involved in female gospel musician and their bands in Nigeria.
1.6 Scope of Study
The study focuses on the problems and prospects of female gospel musician and their bands in Nigeria using Sola Allyson as a case study.
1.7 Limitations of the Study
During the course of this study, many things militated against its completion, some of which are:
- Time Constraint: The time frame given to accomplish this project was very short due to school academic calendar and it was carried out under pressure which made the researcher not to implement some necessary features.
- Establishment Policies: Establishment policies posed a serious limitation as most staffs are not ready to release information needed for this project work. There were lots of information needed from the staffs of this institution to enhance the study which took them time to release or they did not release at all for security purposes, hence the scope was reduced.
- Research material: availability of research material is a major setback to the scope of the study.
- Frequent power failure: This made the researcher append more money on fuel to ensure sustainable power.
- Financial Constraint: Insufficient fund tends to impede the efficiency of the researcher in sourcing for the relevant materials, literature or information and in the process of data collection (internet, questionnaire and interview).
1.8 Justification of Study
The Female Gospel musician has to make the major adjustment, compromise and realization of supreme importance for marital adjustment. Despite of her level of education, occupational prestige, position and economic status, her wife and mother’s role is prime and essential.
She has to maintain essential feminine virtues of tolerance, sacrifice and humility and has to take keen interest and pride in female gospel musician role to carry out satisfactorily, to make a successful marriage, and attain happiness as a successful woman. In order to carry out the dual role, the homemaker should be aware that good management is essential.
Besides, the study will serve as reference material for subsequent researcher in the field or related topics.
