Highlife
Ghana's century-old dance band sound
Anthu a ku West Africa ankaimba nyimbo zovina zimene zinayamba ku Ghana kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1900. Iyo inakhala imodzi ya nyimbo zotchuka za maziko a chigawocho ndipo inaumba zambiri za zimene zinatsatirapo.
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.
Ojambula Otchuka
Nthaŵi zambiri gulu loimba la ku Ghana linkatcha mfumu ya moyo wapamwamba, mfundo yaikulu m'nyengo yake yovina.
Kumene amakhala
Kumene amisiri ameneŵa amachokera
69 Highlife Ojambula zithunzi ali pa TimTim.Live, ndipo 69 ponena za izo ziri ndi mudzi wa anthu onse. Pano ndi pamene iwo amachokera.
Mayiko
Mizinda ndi malo
- Lagos (city), Nigeria7
- Accra, Ghana4
- London, United Kingdom4
- Kumasi, Ghana3
- Abia State, Nigeria2
- Akim Oda, Ghana2
- Ashanti, Ghana2
- Ebonyi State, Nigeria2
- Edo State, Nigeria2
- Enugu State, Nigeria2
- Lagos (state), Nigeria2
- Western, Ghana2
Ena mwa Anthu Ojambula Zithunzi
- Adekunle GoldLagos
- Aralola OlamuyiwaLagos
- Ibibio Sound MachineUnited Kingdom
- KaletaPorto-Novo
- KulioNigeria
- Orlando OwohLagos
- Yemi AladeNigeria
- 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 Tome ndi Mbele
Mafunso & Mayankho
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.