: dance music of west African origin that combines syncopated African rhythms with elements of jazz
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With more than 4 billion streams of his own hits and collaborations with superstars like Beyoncé and Bad Bunny, the pioneer of Banku music—an Afrobeats subgenre that mixes Ghanaian highlife with Nigerian chord progressions—is setting the stage for something even bigger.
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Lee Middleton, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Dec. 2024
Delivered in English and Twi, his music mixes traditional Ghanaian sounds, highlife especially, with modern ones, drill especially, for a deeply effective blend.
—Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024
The headliners are dancehall act Stonebwoy and highlife/hip-hop artist Black Sherif.
—Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
My dad was a heavy jazz person, and my mum was heavy on the old-school highlife and reggae music.
—Nelson C.j., Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
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Lee Middleton, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Dec. 2024
Delivered in English and Twi, his music mixes traditional Ghanaian sounds, highlife especially, with modern ones, drill especially, for a deeply effective blend.
—Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024
The headliners are dancehall act Stonebwoy and highlife/hip-hop artist Black Sherif.
—Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
My dad was a heavy jazz person, and my mum was heavy on the old-school highlife and reggae music.
—Nelson C.j., Rolling Stone, 28 June 2023
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“Highlife.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/highlife. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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