Arts + Culture
Guitar bands and dance bands: the two branches of Ghanaian highlife
Ghanaian highlife developed along two main paths: dance bands with horns that played for elites in ballrooms, and…
Ghana music history
Arts + Culture
E.K. Nyame and the Akan Trio: the man who sang highlife in Twi on the concert party stage
E.K. Nyame (1927 to 1977), from Kwahu, founded the Akan Trio concert party in 1952, combining guitar band…
Arts + Culture
The night Louis Armstrong jammed with the King of Highlife in Accra
In 1956, Louis Armstrong came to the Gold Coast on his African tour and ended up playing with…