IKWU G'UMAMA ENE G ONAJE-THE BRUTAL DEATH OF MAMA ONAJE-AGATU, ORAL ARTISTE

The study examined "Ikwu g ’umama Ene G 'onaye ” (The brutal death of Mama Onaje). Mama Onaje is one of the renowned Agatu oral artisted in Benue and Nasarawa Stale. The song is composed by one of the famous Agatu oral artistes on the brutalization and death of Mama Onaje in the form of dirge. To this effect, songs in Agatu were composed and interpreted in English. Two songs from the songs of the oral artiste, Agaba Echo, were interpreted artistically, bringing out the fact that, truth ' is stranger than fiction, as Mama Onaje died because of her truth. The theory or method for language production is applied for a better understanding of the message.