Abstract
Ethiopia upholds unique cultural heritage and diverse music history in entire African continent. The traditional music heritage of Ethiopia has been globally recognized with its distinct music culture and symbolic manifestation. The traditional songs and music of the country revolves around core chord of their life and culture. The modern music of Ethiopia has been blended with combination of elements from traditional Ethiopian music and western music which has created a new trend in the music world. The music tradition of the country not only maintains the cultural identity but also maintains social cohesion through cultural expression at different social occasions and resists cultural changes infused through globalization. The globalization has brought a series of transformation and changes in the world of Ethiopian music through commercialization, commodification and digitalization of cultural expressions apart from hijacking the cultural rights of traditional musicians. The younger generations have been attracted towards western music undermining the aesthetic and cultural value of music tradition of the country. The international enactments relating to protection and safeguarding of cultural rights of people are yet to be appropriately translated into reality. The emergence of culture industries and entertainment houses has posed serious threats to local culture and led to disappearance of local traditions, musical heritage and their replacement by popular global music. The cultural homogeneity and commodification has replaced the multiplicity of cultures in this globalized era. This paper based on review of published articles and content analysis critically unfolds sensitive areas of cultural shock and violation of cultural rights exposed to traditional musicians and traditional singers of Ethiopia during last couple of decades.Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-4: 315-326
Highlights
The cultural rights of traditional musicians and singers of Ethiopia is a debatable topic
The music tradition and culture of Ethiopia has been greatly influenced by globalization of market, communication, network, wide spread of information technology and introduction of western musical instruments, melodic mode, rhythmic expression, dance styles and concepts
The traditional music culture of Ethiopia has been grossly disorganised by cultural globalization in terms of absolutely violating sphere of cultural rights of performing traditional artists, nations and nationalists in Ethiopia
Summary
The cultural rights of traditional musicians and singers of Ethiopia is a debatable topic. The cultural rights indicate the rights related to the art and culture This cultural rights are human rights which aim at ensuring the enjoyment of culture and its components in conditions of equality, human dignity and nondiscrimination. These rights revolve around the rights of the community on language, cultural and artistic production, cultural heritage, participation in cultural life and intellectual property right (Fribourg Declaration on Cultural Rights, 2007). The traditional music and songs of ethnic communities of Ethiopia are intrinsically interwoven in cultural milieu and life cycles of indigenous communities of Ethiopia. The liberation of market forces has created insurgencies and platform for music piracy eroding cultural milieu and cultural rights regime of indigenous communities of Ethiopia. The Ethiopian artists absorbed foreign cultural traits to certain degree into indigenous cultural matrix and make ‘Ethiopianite’. LeVine (1974) has pointed out “Ethiopian neither subordinated themselves to the intruder nor attempted to annihilate him, but evidenced a highly
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