摘要：Of the several ethnic groups in Nigeria and among the Edo people for which we are
primarily concerned in this paper, traditions occupy the apogee of their mores. And folksongs are
principal part of oral traditions. While little has been done on the use of folksongs as historical data,
few attempts in this similar direction are perfunctorily handled. This study therefore examines five
folksongs from Edo speaking Nigeria as data for historical reconstruction. In doing this, the researchers
corroborated the validity of the selected songs with the available treatises, traditions and literature in
Edo nation.
