After a long hiatus, we're back! Here I talk with Dr. Samuel Akinbo of the University of Toronto about a survey we've launched to catalog the diversity of musical surrogate languages found in Nigeria. But we also talk about his journey, how his childhood in Nigeria has shaped his research trajectory, and what it means to do Indigenous science.
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After a long hiatus, we're back! Here I talk with Dr. Samuel Akinbo of the University of Toronto about a survey we've launched to catalog the diversity of musical surrogate languages found in Nigeria. But we also talk about his journey, how his childhood in Nigeria has shaped his research trajectory, and what it means to do Indigenous science.
Just what kinds of musical surrogate languages are out there? What instruments are used? And what are people even saying? In this episode, I take you around the world in five traditions: Bora slit log drumming in the Amazon, Yoruba talking drums in Nigeria, Hmong mouth organs originally from Southeast Asia, Huli and Wiru jaw harps and mouth bows in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, and finally whistled Spanish in the Canary Islands. This range of instruments and continents provides a g...
When Music Speaks
After a long hiatus, we're back! Here I talk with Dr. Samuel Akinbo of the University of Toronto about a survey we've launched to catalog the diversity of musical surrogate languages found in Nigeria. But we also talk about his journey, how his childhood in Nigeria has shaped his research trajectory, and what it means to do Indigenous science.
