Honorific nicknames in popular music

Saha shɛli bɛn ti buɣisiri yili yiinda shɛba niriba pam ni mi, honorific yuparisi ka bɛ mali buɣisiri ba, pɔhim zuɣu lahabali tiriba mini bɛ nyaaŋa doliba n-tooi booni ba li ni bɛ wuhi lala yili yiinda ŋɔ kpaŋmaŋ ni nyɛ shɛli, bɛ tooi mali la religious, familial, bee royal and aristocratic title nim mi mali metaphorically. Honorific nickname nim nyɛla bɛn daa mali shɛli Europe yila ni hali ni 19th century piligu, ni binshɛŋa kamani Mozart ka bɛ booni li " ba zaŋti saha ŋɔ yila(The father of modern music)" n-ti pahi Bach " ba zaŋti saha ŋɔ piano yila(The father of modern piano music)".^[1] Di daa lahi niŋ bayana African-American culture,Civil War saha, ka di wuhiri slavery ni zaɣisi tun'shɛŋa ,^[2] ka di daa ti kpɛ jazz mini blues yila, binshɛŋa kamani Duke Ellington mini Count Basie.^[3]

1. ↑ A. R. Frey, Sobriquets and Nicknames (1888, published online by brBiblioBazaar, 2009), p. 115.
2. ↑ S. S. Walker, "What's in a name: Black awareness keeps the African tradition of 'meaningful names' alive", Ebony, vol. 32 (8), (June 1977), pp. 74–8.
3. ↑ D. Evans, "From Bumble Bee Slim to Black Boy Shine: Nicknames of Blues Singers" in D. Evans, ed., Ramblin' on my mind: new perspectives on the blues: African American music in global perspective (Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2008), pp. 179–222.