Abstract:
This work, as the title indicates is basically on the biography and music of His Cultural Majesty, the King (Professor) Obewe and his Ohuhu Brothers of Okaiuga Nkwoegwu community of Abia State. It consists of six chapters. The first chapter covers the preliminaries such as: aims and objectives of the study, research background and statement of problem, limitations and delimitations of the study, research methodology and literature review. Chapter two dwells on music and music making in Okaiuga Nkwoegwu and presents the biography of King (Professor) Obewe; his education, musical -. career, formation of his performing group and organisation of the ensemble. Chapter three is a study of the text of Obewe's music, covering the song texts, translations and their messages while chapter four presents transcription of some of the songs and their analysis. Chapter five examines Obewe's contributions and innovations in the cultural development of Okaiuga Nkwoegwu and finally chapter six that reviews Obewe's music in contemporary music scene, summary and conclusion of the study.
