Veteran highlife musician Aseibu Amanfi has passed away after a short illness. Tributes pour in for Kakra Bɛka Wo, Kanawu, ...

The (GTA) officially launched the centenary celebration of Highlife, Ghana’s iconic music genre, with a grand and culturally ...

On a humid Tuesday night in Accra, Zen Garden is alive with sound, movement and memory as Highlife melodies spill into the ...

The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), in partnership with key stakeholders from the creative and cultural sectors, has announced the official launch of 100 Years of Highlife, a landmark celebration ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Reporting on Africa, its diaspora, and hip-hop's class acts today. While his contemporaries chased Afrobeats, Flavour chose to ...

Highlife is the “soul” of Ghana. More than just a sound, highlife is an institution that provides an anthology of Ghanaian nationhood. A blend of African rhythms, jazzy horns, lilting guitar licks, ...

Performing and renowned highlife artiste, Sanmi Michael has continued to establish himself in the ever expanding Nigeria’s music landscape, earning widespread recognition for his artistry, consistency ...

When we think about old Nigerian music, and try to delve into our history of the arts, we ultimately share the bias that Afrobeat has been the most dominant genre in Nigerian music. And that is fine.

Ghanaian highlife is one of the oldest popular dance-music styles of Africa. It emerged in the 1880s, a fusion of rhythms from the West African coast and those from Europe, and black people from both ...

So it’s been twenty years since Frederique Constant first launched its Highlife collection, which captured the collective imagination of watch lovers worldwide with—among other things—its integrated ...

Highlife plays a key part in the musical heritage of Africa and its influence can be heard in a variety of modern-day styles. In Ghana, they have added rap and called it Hiplife. In Nigeria, you have ...

Pat Thomas, a singer and bandleader from Ghana, is nearly 70. He's lived in England, Germany, Canada and the U.S. But these days he's back home, once again making the music that enshrined him in the ...