Legendary Ghanaian highlife musician Abrekyireba Kofi Sammy has been reported to be suffering from dementia and cannot ...

Ghana’s celebrated Highlife music and dance have been officially added to UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity for 2025. The global recognition marks one of the ...

Ebo Taylor became one of Ghana’s major prolific musicians in the 1950s and ’60s, making his signature Ghanaian highlife that influenced the father of afrobeat, Fela Kuti. As highlife and afrobeat ...

WASHINGTON — Daddy Lumba, the Ghanaian highlife singer frequently ranked as the West African nation's greatest musical artist, died Saturday, after suffering a "short illness", according to the artist ...

Legendary Ghanaian Highlife musician, Obuoba Jackson Alfred Adofo, has showered praise on President John Dramani Mahama for ...

Ghana's famed Highlife music was inscribed in December on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list, a major international recognition of one of West Africa's most influential musical traditions. The ...

UNESCO announced the decision on December 10, describing Highlife as a "monumental expression of Ghana's musical genius, culture, and global influence", honouring generations who have preserved and ...

In Ghana, Highlife is more than a music genre — it is a way of life. From funerals and festivals to weddings, football matches and late-night gatherings, its melodies and rhythms shape how Ghanaians ...

Ebo Taylor became one of Ghana’s major prolific musicians in the 1950s and ‘60s, making his signature Ghanaian highlife that influenced the father of afrobeat, Fela Kuti. As highlife and afrobeat ...

On a humid Tuesday night in Accra, Zen Garden is alive with sound, movement and memory as Highlife melodies spill into the open air, drawing families, friends and office workers who sway long past ...