Highlife
Ghana's century-old dance band sound
’S e ceòl dannsa Afraga nan Siar a rinn cruth ann an Ghana sa t-ochd a’ chiad bliadhna fhicheadan, a’ dèanamh a-steach dhan t-ionns aig innealan bainse nan iarsan. Dh’fhalbh e mar cheann de na ceòlan bunaidh air an sgìre agus dh’fhoirm e iomadh de na tha a leantainn.
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.
Neach-ciùil ri chèile
Rinn an leathaichean-bhàn Ghana ri righ na h-ard-beatha, air an meadhanach a thràth aig a bhàn-bhàile.
Càit a bheireas e
Ceistean & freagair
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.