INFLUENCE OF GLOBAL MUSIC ON MORAL AND CULTURAL BEHAVIOURS AMONG NIGERIAN YOUTHS

Abstract

This study examined the influence of global music on moral and cultural orientation among Nigerian youths. The study did an in-depth research study on the extent of popularity of global music and its attendant implications- immoralities and criminalities-among Nigerian youths. Despite its overwhelming demerits as corroborated with the test of hypothesis result (0.734) which indicates that there is a significant relationship between the global music and the cultural and moral behaviours of Nigerian youths. It succeeded also in undermining the significant values of the Nigerian indigenous music. The study utilized descriptive survey and in-depth interview methods. Under the sampling technique, it adopted Simple random sampling method and was anchored on the Cultural Imperialism Theory and Cultivation Theory respectively. This study found out that the global music is more popular among the Nigerian youths and this has hampered their interests in promoting the indigenous Nigerian music. It also revealed various negative implications of global music among Nigerian youths such as cultism, drug addiction, prostitution, lesbianism, gangsterism, uncultural dressing habits, homosexualism and other acts of immorality and criminality. This study concluded that the global music has negatively influenced both moral and cultural orientation of Nigerian society which specifically has ugly implications on Nigerian adolescents. This study, however, recommended that government regulatory agencies should step up actions in reducing the in-flow of global entertainment products and should be conscious of 70%-30% local/foreign contents as stipulated by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Parents/Guardians should take cognizance of the negative implications and be watchful of the kinds of western programmes that their children view. Finally, singers and producers of Nigerian indigenous music should improve and be more sophisticated in their contents, pattern and lyrics.