Highlife
Ghana's century-old dance band sound
Goi-bizitzea West Afrikako dantza musika bat da, Ghana-n hogeigarren mendearen hasieran forma hartu zuena, tradizio melodiko eta erritmikoekin mendebaldeko dantza-tresnekin elkartuz. Eskualdeko musika herrikoietako bat bihurtu zen, eta ondorengoetatik asko itxuratzen zuen.
Origin & history
Highlife developed in coastal Ghana in the early 1900s, as brass-band and dance-band instrumentation met local Akan musical traditions.
It spread to Nigeria and across West Africa through the mid-century, and its guitar styles and horn arrangements run underneath a great deal of later West African popular music, Afrobeats included.
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Ghanako bandariek maiz deitzen zioten goi-bizitzako erregeari, erdikoa bere dantza arorako.
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What is highlife?+
Highlife is a West African dance music that began in Ghana in the early twentieth century, combining Akan musical traditions with Western dance-band instruments.
Where did highlife originate?+
In coastal Ghana, spreading from there to Nigeria and across West Africa.
How old is highlife?+
It dates to the early 1900s, which makes it one of the oldest continuously played popular music genres in West Africa.