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Friday, January 14, 2011

Highlife,Hiplife, Soul Music and Ghanaian rhythms

People say music is their religion, Shakespeare said it is the fruit of love. My opinion is that music is like a sixth sense it is universal, does not discriminate and it has the power to relax, destress and gently rock our senses. I am crazy about all types of musical genres from acapella to zouk and I constantly search for talented artists around the world.  However, I have lamentably noticed that African music and especially Ghanaian music is not represented internationally but we have great old artistes like Kojo Antwi( who reminds me of Lionel Richie)his musical genre is called highlife and recently there are gifted artistes like Becca and Jay Ghartey. Ghanaian music can be divided into two main genres Highlife which originated in Ghana in the 1900s and spread to other west African countries by 1920. It is influenced by jazz tunes and multiple guitars. Hiplife is recent and is a mixture of highlife and hiphop hence the name hiplife.
            1.   EL MAESTRO of Highlife. Kojo Antwi - Mirika            
                                        
                                                        
                          2.          Kwabena kwabena - Obi do wa do ni be(luv this song!)



                             3.  Becca ft. kwabena kwabena - U lied to me

                                 4. M.anifest-  Coming to America

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