IFPI : A Postcolonial Critique of the Trade Body’s Organisational Structure and Ideology

University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för musik och bild (MB)

Author: Andreas Wallin Hageving; [2019]

Keywords: Africa; Afrobeats; Afropop; Apartheid; Global Music Report; IFPI; Imperialism; Interventionism; Path Dependency; Piracy; Postcolonialism; Power Asymmetries; RIAA; RISA; Afrika; afrobeats; afropop; apartheid; Global Music Report; IFPI; imperialism; interventionism; maktasymmetrier; piratkopiering; postkolonialism; RIAA; RISA; spårbundenhet;

Abstract: The purpose of this thesis is to present a postcolonial critique that may empower non-Western music industries globally. As per Nigerian music executive Tunde Ogundipe’s reasoning, its analysis isn’t prescriptive – it presents a critical analysis of IFPI’s organisation and ideology, which non-Western stakeholders may use as free strategic business intelligence if/as they please. Using a sociological methodology, IFPI’s organisational structure and operations are analysed with reference to three postcolonial axes: ideology, history and political geography. The analysis uncovers colonial path dependencies and present-day policies that reproduce the ‘civilising mission’.

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