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By Laudia SawerNuaso (E/R), March 25, GNA-Ghanaian traditional instruments are an essential part of the country’s rich cultural heritage, playing a vital role in communication, storytelling ...
Master percussionist Chief Baba Neil Clarke explained that African musical traditions — which included African instruments and aesthetics — significantly shaped American music and led to the ...
Mixing Swing, Jazz, Rock, and traditional African music, legendary Highlife bands like Osibisa played a central role in taking Ghana’s creativity and aspirations to the global stage ...
Its influence spread to other African countries such as Sierra Leone, the Congo and Nigeria. In the 1970s, highlife was hugely influential in the work of Ghanaian Afro-rock band Osibisa and the ...
Titled ‘Africa Music Studies Podcast’, the three-part series features two traditional African music instruments, the Oja, and the Mbira. The first episode explores the south-eastern Nigeria ...