Highlife
Ghana's century-old dance band sound
Heechlife is in West Afrikaanske dansmuzyk dy' t yn Ghana fynst twintigste jier falt en by Akan melodyske en rhytmyske tradisjes aktyf makke wurdt ta West- dance- band instrumenten. It waard ien fan de fundamentale populêre musyken yn de streek en foarm fan wat dêrnei begûn is.
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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Ghaneeske bandleader neamd faak de kong fan it hege libben, sintraal yn syn dansband era.
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69 Highlife artisten binne op TimTim.Live, en 69 der binne fan in iepenbiere thúsdorp. Hjir komt se fanôf.
Lân
- GhanaName30
- Nigeria24
- Feriene Keninkryk6
- Haïti3
- Benin2
- Haïty1
- Litouwen1
- Sao Tome en PrincipeName1
- Sierra Leöane1
Stêden en plakkenName
- Lagos (city), Nigeria7
- Accra, GhanaName4
- London, Feriene Keninkryk4
- Kumasi, GhanaName3
- Abia State, Nigeria2
- Akim Oda, GhanaName2
- Ashanti, GhanaName2
- Ebonyi State, Nigeria2
- Edo State, Nigeria2
- Enugu State, Nigeria2
- Lagos (state), Nigeria2
- Western, GhanaName2
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- Adekunle GoldLagos
- Aralola OlamuyiwaLagos
- Ibibio Sound MachineFeriene Keninkryk
- KaletaPorto-Novo
- KulioNigeria
- Orlando OwohLagos
- Yemi AladeNigeria
- Zak AbelLondon
- Holy BoyEbonyi State
- MugeezGhanaName
- OsibisaLondon
- Ebo TaylorGhanaName
- GyakieKumasi
- Gyedu-Blay AmbolleyGhanaName
- Huw Marc BennettLondon
- Uwa DivaEdo State
- KharismaLagos
- MarijataGhanaName
- Orlando JuliusIlesa
- Pat ThomasAshanti
- Benny MorganAkim Oda
- CEEDI3GHAccra
- Randy WestonBrooklyn
- África NegraSao Tome en PrincipeName
Vragen & antwurden
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.