Highlife
Ghana's century-old dance band sound
Highlife est ene muzike d 'dances Afrike Occwès ki a prind l' Ghana al cmince del veyesse sierdje, ki rjonèt les tradicions melodikes et ritmikes a l' Occidentele d' dance. Ça divint ene des muzikes populaires fondmintåles del redjon eyet fômêye normå di çou k 'i fåt après.
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.
Årtisses notåves
Liadjeu di bandes Ghana sovint loyeye li roye di hôte live, cintå di son ère d 'dances.
Wice k 'il viye
Kesse & Responses
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.