Babá Ken Okulolo will turn 65 years old during the National Folk Festival, where he will perform with the West African Highlife Band. One of the greatest African musicians of his generation, Okulolo ...

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Reviewed by Lloyd Geyde in Mail and guardian Friday (Johannesburg, South Africa) April 21-27, 2017, page 6. AFA copy 39088019012178 Gift from Janet Stanley. "Highlife Giants is an intimate portrait of ...

By Ernest Nutsugah Accra, Nov. 11, GNA - Celebrated Highlife musician, Akosua Agyapoong, has urged industry players to promote and sustain the growth of Ghanaian Highlife locally and on global stages.

Ebo Taylor has died at 90. He was a world-renowned musician and composer of African highlife music, but it took decades for him to come to the U.S. How Ebo Taylor, a prolific figure in African ...

The term Afrobeats is applied to all sorts of genres, flattening them into one. Artists, media and the music industry must do better at showing off the richness of African pop ...

Ghanaian Highlife musician Nana Asamoah is exploring the cultural diversity of West Africa with his latest project, Social Media Konkonsa, a five-part release that presents the same song in Twi, Ga, ...

Ashkenaz presents Baba Ken and the West African Highlife Band. You are invited to enjoy the music on Saturday, November 9th, at 9pm at 1317 San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley. For details, call 510-525-5099 ...

One of the biggest pioneers of highlife music, Ebo Taylor, died last Saturday at the age of 90. He was beloved by many, affectionately called "Uncle Ebo" by those captivated by the grooves of his ...