Highlife
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title:
Highlife
text:
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. It describes multiple local fusions of African metre and western jazz melodies. It uses the melodic and main rhythmic structures of traditional African music, but is typically played with Western instruments. Highlife is characterized by jazzy horns and guitars which lead the band and its
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Ghanaian musical genre
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlife
date created:
2003-01-21T19:58:45Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T15:54:36Z
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