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The same period saw a Ghanaian community appear in Toronto and elsewhere in Canada. Pat Thomas is probably the most famous Ghanaian-Canadian musician. Other emigres include Ghanaian-American Obo Addy, the Ghanaian-Swiss Andy Vans and the Ghanaian-Dutch Kumbi Salleh. In Ghana itself during the 1980s, reggae became extremely popular.
Pages in category "Ghanaian musical instruments" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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The modern atenteben flute, built in B flat and C, was developed by the musicologist, composer, and flutist Ephraim Amu (1899-1995), whose pioneering work established a notated musical tradition for the instrument and included the instrument into the curriculum of major educational institutions in Ghana, notably, the Achimota Secondary School ...
Seperewa; String instrument; Classification: Ghanaian stringed instrument with 6-14 strings: Hornbostel–Sachs classification: 323-5 (Acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, in which the plane of the strings lies at right angles to the sound-table; a line joining the lower ends of the strings would be perpendicular to the neck.
Guy Warren of Ghana, also known as Kofi Ghanaba (4 May 1923 – 22 December 2008), was a Ghanaian musician, most notable as the inventor of Afro-jazz — "the reuniting of African-American jazz with its African roots" [1] — and as a member of The Tempos, alongside E. T. Mensah.
Pages in category "African musical instruments" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
In the 1920s, Ghanaian musicians incorporated foreign influences like the foxtrot and calypso with Ghanaian rhythms like osibisaba . [4] Highlife was associated with the local African aristocracy during the colonial period, and was played by numerous bands including the Jazz Kings , Cape Coast Sugar Babies , and Accra Orchestra along the ...