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The grebo genre was broadly defined, and used more as a name for the Stourbridge scene than as a genre label. [10] For the most part, it was a style of indie rock which drew influences from a diverse array of genres, including electronic , punk, folk , hip-hop music , [ 10 ] dance-rock , psychedelia [ 15 ] and pop .
Traditional Grebo people had what were known as bush schools (poro for males and sande for females); these and their associated societies have continued to be part of the culture. Historically the poro(s) adapted to new condition by establishing Masonic lodges of the European-American style of fraternal society.
Sub-Saharan African music is characterised by a "strong rhythmic interest" [1] that exhibits common characteristics in all regions of this vast territory, so that Arthur Morris Jones (1889–1980) has described the many local approaches as constituting one main system. [2] C. K. Ladzekpo also affirms the profound homogeneity of approach. [3]
Grebo may refer to: Grebo people, an ethnic group or subgroup within the larger Kru group of West Africa Grebo language, their language; Grebo languages, a dialect cluster of the Kru languages; Grebo (music), a United Kingdom subculture of the late 1980s and early 1990s; Grebo IK, a football club in Sweden; Grebo, Sweden, a locality in ...
The Palm wine music also known as Gbema music genre also inspired the evolution of HipCo music in Liberia. [4] Past and present musicians include Fatu Gayflor and Miatta Fahnbulleh. The country's most renowned radio station is ELBC, or the Liberian Broadcasting System. Rap and pop music are also performed in indigenous languages across the country.
Pages in category "Grebo (music) albums" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Doubt (album) L.
Dr. George Toe Washington, former Armed Forces Chief of Staff of Liberia and ambassador to the United States, Canada, and Mexic, is of Kru and Grebo ancestry. Football star William Jebor is exclusively of Kru background. [26] [27] [28] Mary Broh, the former mayor of Monrovia, is of mixed Kru and Bassa ancestry.
As a solo dance, it was traditionally performed by men, though it is now common for women to dance the Zeibekiko. [6] Due to the movements of the dancer, it is sometimes known as the "eagle dance". [7]