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Nigeria & Ghana [Juju, Afrobeat, Fuji : living the Highlife].

Nigeria & Ghana [Juju, Afrobeat, Fuji : living the Highlife].

CD 2002

Post-World War II popular music and popular dance music of Nigeria and Ghana, including such genres as Highlife, Afrobeat, Juju, Fuji, and palm-wine music. The music is a fusion of African traditional forms with its emphasis on drum and percussion music and elements of calypso, Latin, big band, and jazz, and the addition of instruments from the Western pop tradition.

Item Details & Discovery

Explore Topics & Themes:
Afrobeat
Highlife (Music)
Juju music
Popular music Ghana
Popular music Nigeria
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Description:
1 audio disc (74 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in
4 3/4 in
digital
optical
1.4 m/s
stereo
digital recording
Other Title:
Title on container: Rough guide to the music of Nigeria & Ghana [CD]
Notes:
Compilation of tracks from previously released albums
Program and biographical notes by Graeme Ewens ([8] p. : ports.) inserted in container
Compact disc
Sung in various West African languages ; one track in English
Contents:
Okin omo ni = The king of the children (I.K. Dairo)
Maa jo (King Sunny Ade & his African Beats)
Funky hi-life (C.K. Mann)
Asiko (Tony Allen)
Neribalankina (Captain Yaba)
Fuji shuffle (Adewale Ayuba)
Bra ohoho (E.K. Nyame)
Joromi/Monkey yanga (Sir Victor Uwaifo)
Day by day (E.T. Mensah)
Matutu mirika (Eric Agyeman)
Oyolima (Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe)
Fakye me (Sweet Talks, featuring A.B. Crentsil)
Baawo (Amanzeba Nat Brew)
Control Number:
780392
UPC:
605633107524
Other Authors:
Rough Guides (Firm)
World Music Network
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