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Ewe music is the music of the Ewe people of Togo, Ghana, and Benin, West Africa. Instrumentation is primarily percussive and rhythmically the music features great metrical complexity. Its highest form is in dance music including a drum orchestra, but there are also work (e.g. the fishing songs of the Anlo migrants [ 1 ] ), play, and other songs .
SK Kakraba is a Ghanaian musician and performer of the country's traditional music. He makes and performs gyils, a xylophone containing 14 suspended wooden slats stretched over calabash gourds containing resonators. [1] He was taught to build the instruments using a rare wood known by the Lobi as neura. Kakraba explained: "It's a very hard ...
Jewel Ackah (c. 1945 – 27 April 2018) was a Ghanaian highlife and gospel musician.He composed the lyrics of "Arise Arise," the party anthem of the centre-left Ghanaian political party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), popularly sung to the tune of the Christian hymn, "Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus". [1]
There are many styles of traditional and modern music of Ghana, due to Ghana's worldwide geographic position on the African continent. [1] [2] [3] The best known modern genre originating in Ghana is Highlife. [4] For many years, Highlife was the preferred music genre until the introduction of Hiplife and many others. [5] [6]
Daughters of Glorious Jesus (DoG-J) is a veteran Ghanaian gospel group formed in 1989. [1] [2] The musical group is composed of Cynthia Appiadu, Edna Sarpong and Monica Owusu Ansah. [3] [4] They sing in English and Twi. [1] With over fifty songs DoG-J are recognised as having the most number of songs by a Ghanaian Gospel Artist.
Nana Yaw Boakye better known by his stage name MOG Music is a Ghanaian contemporary gospel singer, songwriter and a Pastor. [1] He was born on May 14. He won the Male Vocalist of the Year 2020 and 2021 at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards .
Danny Nettey was known for writing songs for most gospel artistes in the country and songs which were being ministered in his local church. He attended High school at Accra Academy [ 3 ] where he became the music director and also the President of the local Scripture Union Fellowship.
The current lyrics of the "God Bless Our Homeland Ghana" national anthem that has been in use since the 1970s were written by Michael Kwame Gbordzoe while a student within the framework of a national competition, [5] and is accompanied by Ghana's national pledge. Thus, the official current lyrics of "God Bless Our Homeland Ghana" are as follows ...