Tag: John Collins

RELIGION AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, OF THOUGHT Notwithstanding the preceding contentions in Part 3, it bears pointing out lest we ...

Samuel Owusu appeared on the Ghanaian music scene with a string of instant smash hits from “Abusua Kyiri Ka,” “Mempe ...

THE EPOCHAL APPEARANCE OF SAMUEL OWUSU ON THE GHANAIAN MUSIC SCENE Samuel Owusu appeared on the Ghanaian music scene with ...

“Ghanaian highlife is one of the oldest popular dance-music styles of Africa…” ALEXIS AKWAGYIRAM, BBC “Highlife, a musical genre that ...

Guy Warren was one of the first "New Percussionists" that I have come across in my research. Information on him ...

In 1998 Ghana lost one of its greatest highlife exponents, the Accra born King Bruce who composed many highlife classics, ...

He was born with the name Kwabena Boa-Amponsem, he was baptized Daniel Amponsah. On stage, he took the name "Koo ...

Died: July 1996 Mensah pioneered the development of the swing-jazz influenced highlife dance-bands that were so popular throughout West Africa ...