Highlife music, a genre popularly known for its melodious sounds and storytelling elements, originated in Ghana in the 19th century, and has over the years, transcended nations and generations, ...

Rapper Phyno has said that highlife genre of music moulded him as an entertainer. Phyno made this revelation during a recent podcast. The Enugu-born star said he was raised in a neighbourhood where ...

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 ...

In Ghana, Highlife is more than a music genre — it is a way of life. From funerals and festivals to weddings, football matches and late-night gatherings, its melodies and rhythms shape how Ghanaians ...

It is beyond unlikely that Ghanaian highlife-music legend Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, 78, is performing in San Diego next week only two months after Ghanaian highlife-music pioneer Ebo Taylor, 89, performed ...

Ghanaian musician Rapp Fada has made a passionate call for the preservation and promotion of Highlife music, describing it as the true identity and heartbeat of Ghanaian culture. Speaking in a recent ...

WASHINGTON — Daddy Lumba, the Ghanaian highlife singer frequently ranked as the West African nation's greatest musical artist, died Saturday, after suffering a "short illness", according to the artist ...

On a humid Tuesday night in Accra, Zen Garden is alive with sound, movement and memory as Highlife melodies spill into the open air, drawing families, friends and office workers who sway long past ...

Nigerian Highlife icon, Jesse King, popularly known by his stage name Bùgá, is set to celebrate an extraordinary milestone — over two decades of musical excellence and cultural influence.To mark the ...

On a humid Tuesday night in Accra, Zen Garden is alive with sound, movement and memory as Highlife melodies spill into the open air, drawing families, friends and office workers who sway long past ...