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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]
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 ...
Highlife is a Ghanaian music genre that originated along the coastal cities of present-day Ghana in the 19th century, during its history as a colony of the British and through its trade routes in coastal areas.
Agbadza is an Ewe music and dance that evolved from the times of war into a very popular recreational dance. [1] It came from a very old war dance called Atrikpui and usually performed by the Ewe people of the Volta Region of Ghana, particularly during the Hogbetsotso Festival, a celebration by the Anlo Ewe people.
Koo Nimo (born Kwabena Boa-Amponsem [1] on 3 October 1934), [2] baptized Daniel Amponsah [1] is a leading folk musician of Palm wine music or Highlife music from Ghana. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Biography
King Ayisoba born Albert Apoozore [1] (c. 1974) [2] is a Ghanaian traditional musician known for his unique style of music alongside the kologo. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Early life
The Fanti Osibisaaba pioneered Africanised cross-fingering guitar techniques which developed to be Ghanaian Highlife, Maringa of Sierra Leone, the Juju music of western Nigeria and "dry" music of Central Africa. [1] Later in 1930, in rural Ghana,there was a fusion with traditional Akan "seprewa" or harp-lute.
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.