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Highlife
Ghana's century-old dance band sound
Highlife is a West African dance music that took shape in Ghana in the early twentieth century, joining Akan melodic and rhythmic traditions to Western dance-band instruments. It became one of the foundational popular musics of the region and shaped much of what followed.
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.
Artistes notables
E.T. Mensah
Ghanaian bandleader often called the king of highlife, central to its dance-band era.
Où il vit
D'où viennent ces artistes
69 Highlife les artistes sont sur TimTim.Live, et 69 d'entre eux ont une ville natale publique. Voici d'où ils viennent.
Pays
Villes et lieux
- Lagos (city), Nigéria7
- Accra, Ghana4
- London, Royaume-Uni4
- Kumasi, Ghana3
- Abia State, Nigéria2
- Akim Oda, Ghana2
- Ashanti, Ghana2
- Ebonyi State, Nigéria2
- Edo State, Nigéria2
- Enugu State, Nigéria2
- Lagos (state), Nigéria2
- Western, Ghana2
Certains des artistes
- Adekunle GoldLagos
- Aralola OlamuyiwaLagos
- Ibibio Sound MachineRoyaume-Uni
- KaletaPorto-Novo
- KulioNigéria
- Orlando OwohLagos
- Yemi AladeNigéria
- Zak AbelLondon
- Holy BoyEbonyi State
- MugeezGhana
- OsibisaLondon
- Ebo TaylorGhana
- GyakieKumasi
- Gyedu-Blay AmbolleyGhana
- Huw Marc BennettLondon
- Uwa DivaEdo State
- KharismaLagos
- MarijataGhana
- Orlando JuliusIlesa
- Pat ThomasAshanti
- Benny MorganAkim Oda
- CEEDI3GHAccra
- Randy WestonBrooklyn
- África NegraSao Tomé-et-Principe
Questions et réponses
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.
