Abstract
Lagos is a recurrent theme in Nigerian music videos. Eromosele examines this phenomenon in relation to the objectives of the music video and the musician’s star image. Various studies involving emotion and forms of capital help to reveal how Lagos is appropriated into the iconography of music stars in ways that extend the city’s affective capital while serving the promotional aims of the music video. Capital is viewed chiefly as value accumulated through circulation and capable of being transubstantiated into different forms. The economic and political prominence of Lagos influences and is fed by the city’s affective power.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | PII S0002020622000932 |
| Pages (from-to) | 127 - 148 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | African Studies Review |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 8 Sept 2022 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 8 Mar 2023 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the African Studies Association.
Keywords
- Lagos
- affective capital
- music video
- Nigeria
- emotional capital
- star image
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