Highlife
Ghana's century-old dance band sound
Ny Highlife dia mozikan'ny dihy Afrikana Tandrefana izay naka endrika tany Ghana tany am-piandohan'ny taonjato faha-20, niaraka tamin'ny fomba amam-panaon'i Akan amin'ireo zavamaneno Tandrefana entin-tànana. Lasa iray amin'ireo mozika malaza fototra ao amin'ny faritra izy ary namolavola ny ankamaroan'ireo taorian'izany.
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.
Mpanakanto tsy mety resy
Matetika ireo mpitarika tarika Ghaneana no niantso ny mpanjakan'ny fiainana avo lenta, ivon'ny vanim-potoanan'ny dihy.
Ny toerana onenany
Avy aiza ireo mpanakanto ireo?
71 Highlife Eo amin'ny TimTim.Live ireo mpanakanto, ary 70 Manana tanàna ho an'ny daholobe ny sasany amin'izy ireo. Avy aiza izy ireo?
Firenena
Tanàna sy toerana
- Lagos (city), Nigeria7
- Accra, Ghana4
- London, Royaumes Unis4
- Kumasi, Ghana3
- Abia State, Nigeria2
- Akim Oda, Ghana2
- Ashanti, Ghana2
- Ebonyi State, Nigeria2
- Edo State, Nigeria2
- Enugu State, Nigeria2
- Lagos (state), Nigeria2
- Western, Ghana2
Sasany amin'ireo mpanakanto
- Adekunle GoldLagos
- Aralola OlamuyiwaLagos
- Ibibio Sound MachineRoyaumes Unis
- KaletaPorto-Novo
- KulioNigeria
- Orlando OwohOsogbo
- Yemi AladeNigeria
- Zak AbelLondon
- Holy BoyEbonyi State
- MugeezGhana
- OsibisaLondon
- Ebo TaylorCape Coast
- GyakieKumasi
- Gyedu-Blay AmbolleyGhana
- Huw Marc BennettLondon
- Uwa DivaEdo State
- KharismaLagos
- KharismaNigeria
- MarijataGhana
- Orlando JuliusIlesa
- Pat ThomasAshanti
- Benny MorganAkim Oda
- CEEDI3GHAccra
- Randy WestonBrooklyn
Fanontaniana & Valiny
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.