10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIGHLIFE»
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highlife in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Highlife Saturday Night: Popular Music and Social Change in ...
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2
Highlife Music in West Africa: Down Memory Lane--
Highlife Music in West Africa is an excursion into the origins and development of an extraordinary music form.
3
Culture and Customs of Ghana
Koo Nimo is probably the most influential player of acoustic guitar highlife today
and continues to advance the form. By the I 950s, guitar band highlife was most
closely associated with concert party performances. Guitar bands played with ...
Steven J. Salm, Toyin Falola, 2002
4
Arrest the Music!: Fela and His Rebel Art and Politics
His band was at various times during that period known as Fela Ransome-Kuti
and the Highlife Rakers, the Fela Ransome-Kuti Quintet, but mostly as — once
briefly discarded and then reassumed— Fela Ransome-Kuti and the Koola
Lobitos.
5
Juju: A Social History and Ethnography of an African Popular ...
Juju and highlife, both revitalized in the late 1940s, developed along contrastive
trajectories.7 Juju was an African music with foreign elements woven in, played
by Yo- ruba musicians for Yoruba audiences. Highlife was ballroom music with ...
Christopher Alan Waterman, 1990
6
Musicmakers of West Africa
In the introduction I mentioned the revival of guitar band Highlife that is occurring
in Ghana at the moment. The Grand Old Man of this music is the Fanti musician
Kwaa Mensah, who recently has decided to re-record some of his old numbers.
Afrobeat Co-created by the late, great Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Afrobeat is a hybrid of
Nigerian highlife, Yoruba percussion, jazz, funk and soul. Fela, a singer,
saxophonist and bandleader, and one of the most influential 20th-century African
figures ...
8
Surfing Brilliant Corners
13 West African Highlife... Let Freedom Ring Ringing guitars over rich horn riffs
and upbeat tunes - highlife is Ghana's surf- dance music, infectious and uplifting.
It embodies the characteristic optimism of Ghanaians. Hi-Life International's ...
Sam Bleakley, J. S. Callahan, 2010
Highlife is a social dance performed throughout West Africa but especially in
major cities such as Accra, Ghana; Lagos, Nigeria; and Dakar, Senegal. It is
danced for pure entertainment and performed in nightclubs. Highlife is not
considered a ...
Kariamu Welsh-Asante, Elizabeth A. Hanley, 2010
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Articles on
Highlife Musicians, Including: Rex Lawson, ...
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIGHLIFE»
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highlife is used in the context of the following news items.
Flowking Stone weeps for full-time musicians | Entertainment 2015 …
There should be different events like highlife time, hiplife 92 etc so we have a variety,” he suggested. Comments: This article has 1 comment, ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
Ambolley goes after Kojo Antwi | - Vibe Ghana
Gyedu-Blay-Ambolley Highlife veteran Gyebu Blay Ambolley has declared that the Chairman of Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO), ... «Vibe Ghana, Jul 15»
Safe Water Network benefit concert features Ghanaian reggae …
... Samini blends Ghanaian Highlife, Jamaican Dancehall, Afro-pop and American R&B for a unique, soul-shaking 'African Dancehall' reggae ... «Bridgeport News, Jul 15»
Pulse Nigeria Poll: Readers say Psquare are the most successful …
The Igbos are peculiar for their Highlife origins, and that has evolved into globally accepted music. Leading the charge are a number of artistes ... «Pulse Nigeria, Jul 15»
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Club: Highlife. Engine: 327 with Edelbrock intake, valve covers and air filter; Holley carburetor; Delco distributor; Duracel battery. Body/Paint: ... «Lowrider Magazine, Jul 15»
Improve Ghana Music Awards - Knii Lante | Entertainment 2015-07-15
Music like jazz, highlife and afro, juju music is what really strengthens the foundation to put out a unique brand of hiphop ......I think it would be ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
Esy Set To Grow The Face Of Ghanaian Music … - BusinessGhana
Her earliest inspirations were of course the wide variety of music around her especially, highlife music by Ghanaian artists like Kojo Antwi, ... «BusinessGhana, Jul 15»
Newcomer: Baafour joins Bisa Kdei, Rex Omar, others in Highlife …
No wonder Veteran Jazz Musician, Gyedu Blay Ambolley has lamented over poor recognition given to the Ghanaian music especially “highlife” ... «Pulse.com.gh, Jul 15»
Bi Miley Cyrus Drug Problem: Stella Maxwell Lesbian Girlfriend …
Miley Cyrus seems to be living the highlife right now following her breakup with Patrick Schwarzenegger, moving on with her lesbian girlfriend, ... «Classicalite, Jul 15»
'Tonga' is a profane song - Akosua Agyepong
Highlife musician Akosua Agyepong says Joey B's single 'Tonga', which won him the Discovery of Year at the Vodafone Music Awards, last ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
