Highlife is a musical genre that originated in Ghana at the turn of the 20th century, incorporating traditional 9th harmonic, melodic and major rhythmic structures into traditional Akan music and marrying them with Western instruments. Highlife was associated with the local African aristocracy during the colonial period. In the 1930s, Highlife spread to Sierra Leone, Liberia, Gambia and Nigeria through Ghanaian worke
... Más informaciónHighlife is a musical genre that originated in Ghana at the turn of the 20th century, incorporating traditional 9th harmonic, melodic and major rhythmic structures into traditional Akan music and marrying them with Western instruments. Highlife was associated with the local African aristocracy during the colonial period. In the 1930s, Highlife spread to Sierra Leone, Liberia, Gambia and Nigeria through Ghanaian workers, among other West African countries, where the music is now very popular.
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