Music of Ghana

There are many styles of traditional and modern music of Ghana, due to Ghana's worldwide geographic position on the African continent.[1][2][3]

The best known modern genre originating in Ghana is Highlife.[4] For many years, Highlife was the preferred music genre until the introduction of Hiplife and many others.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Download Songs From Ghana". Mp3dealer.com.ng. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  2. ^ "Music of the Ashanti of Ghana" (PDF). Media.smithsonianfolkways.org. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  3. ^ Salm, Steven J.; Falola, Toyin (5 July 2017). Culture and Customs of Ghana. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313320507. Retrieved 5 July 2017 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Ghana and the World Music Boom" (PDF). Helda.helsinki.fi. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  5. ^ Adinkrah, Mensah (30 August 2015). Witchcraft, Witches, and Violence in Ghana. Berghahn Books. ISBN 9781782385615. Retrieved 5 July 2017 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ H. Osumare (6 September 2012). The Hiplife in Ghana: West African Indigenization of Hip-Hop. p. 78. ISBN 9781137021656. Retrieved 2017-07-06.