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Ghanaian Highlife Forms
Ghanaian highlife emerged in the 1980s as a mixture of West African rhythms from Europe by Black people from south and North America. There were three forms of Ghanaian highlife: * Adaha * Fanti Osibisaaba * palm-wine music. Early years The regimental bands of 6000 West Indian Soldiers stationed at the Cape Coast Castle and Elmina Castle by the British colonial administration left a legacy. The legacy was the Adaha brass band that played in the Fanti Coast. The first form Adaha music was spreading throughout southern Ghana and other parts. The Konkoma also called Konkomba, was a drum and voice that developed and spread in 1930 as Adaha evolved. This version spread because in the small towns and villages, expensive brass instruments could not be afforded by the people. The Fanti Osibisaaba music used together local percussion instruments together with guitars and the accordions of sailors of the Kru sailors of Liberia. The Fanti Osibisaaba pioneered Africanised cross-fingering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Adaha
The Adaha was type of highlife that was played on flutes, fifes, and brass band drums which originated in Ghana in the 19th century and then spread across West Africa during the 1930s History The Adaha was a style of music played in the coastal areas by the Fante people in 1880s. The Adaha music of the Fante was the earliest documented syncopated style of brass band. European and West Indian soldiers taught Africans to read music and to play brass and woodwind instruments. The music of the colonial military brass bands evolved into Adaha highlife. The local African people created their own blend of brass band music from marches, polkas and nineteen century ballads. The Adaha music spread throughout the villages which made the people adapt to drums and call and response singing. It was centered in cities and towns such as Cape Coast and Elmina Elmina ( Fante: ''Edina'') is a town and the capital of the Komenda/Edina/Eguafo/Abirem District on the south coast of Ghana in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Fanti Osibisaaba
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