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  1. Sai Galaxy – Get It In The Sun

    amf.didiermary.fr/sai-galaxy-g

    Australian producer Sai Galaxy (Simon Durrington) brings a fusion of classic Afro Funk, Disco & Jazz House.

    As the name suggests, Sai Galaxy represents a star-studded cluster of artists from around the world – their varied styles colliding to form a refreshing fusion of classic Afrobeat, Disco and West African funk. Drawing from the influence […]

    #AfroFunk #Disco #Ghana #Nigeria

  2. Highlife Time

    amf.didiermary.fr/highlife-tim

    “Highlife Time – Nigerian and Ghanaian Sound from the 60s and Early 70s” a 2xCD or 2xLP compilation by Vampi Soul.

    Highlife, dance music played mostly in Ghana and Nigeria, represents one of the century’s first fusions of African roots and western music, and before 1970 it ruled dancefloors across much of West Africa. […]

    #60smusic #70smusic #FullAlbum #Ghana #Highlife #Nigeria #OldAfricanMusic

  3. europesays.com/afrique/199435/ Une guitare, un stylo ou un crocodile: les étonnants cercueils du Ghana comme un dernier hommage aux défunts : Actualités #Artisanat #culture #Ghana #mort #PompesFunèbres #services

  4. Ghana: first sub-Saharan nation to gain independence, Lake Volta & vibrant kente cloth 🎨 #Ghana #Africa #Kente #Travel #History

  5. Moringa lattes and tigernut kebabs: the young Ghanaians ‘taking back the power’ of their food
    By Kaamil Ahmed

    In Ghana, a grassroots movement is championing nutritious, homegrown, climate-resilient produce, rather than western imports

    theguardian.com/global-develop

    #Foodsecurity #Ghana #Globaldevelopment #Food #Africa #Worldnews #TheGuardian #KaamilAhmed

  6. Thomas Frempong

    amf.didiermary.fr/thomas-fremp

    Thomas Frempong has been a fixture in the Highlife scene for decades, playing with all the biggest bands in the country, including the famous Noble Kings of Dr. Gyasi, pioneers of Sikyi Highlife, which is the most common form of Highlife today, with the interplay between brass, organs and electric guitars. When this illustrious musician, […]

    #80smusic #Ghana #Highlife #OldAfricanMusic

  7. Burger Highlife

    amf.didiermary.fr/burger-highl

    The first ever compilations focussing on the phenomenon of “Burger Highlife”, a crossover of West African melodies with synthesizers, disco and boogie that took over Ghanaian airwaves during the 1980’s and beyond.

    The 1970s had witnessed an increased Western airtime and physical presence in Ghana introducing funk, soul and disco sounds [...]

    #80smusic #90smusic #AfroFunk #Compilation #Disco #Ghana #Highlife #OldAfricanMusic

  8. Dr. K. Gyasi’s Noble Kings – The Highlife Boss

    amf.didiermary.fr/dr-gyasi-nob

    Highlife album released in 1975 on the Essiebons label, by Dr. K. Gyasi & his Noble Kings. Probably one of the best recorded Highlife there is from this period of time in Ghana. With Lead Vocals by Thomas Frimpong.

    Thomas Frimpong (sometimes Frempong) was one of the most respected Highlife musicians Ghana has ever […]

    #70smusic #Ghana #Highlife #OldAfricanMusic

  9. Essiebons Special 73-84

    amf.didiermary.fr/essiebons-sp

    In Ghana, few labels are as influential as Essiebons, the “Ghana Music Power House.” Founded by the producer and businessman Dick Essilfie-Bondzie, its catalog features sterling work from number of modern highlife legends.

    For most of the 1970s Essilfie-Bondzie’s Dix and Essiebons labels were synonymous with the best in modern highlife, and his [...]

    #70smusic #80smusic #Compilation #Ghana #Highlife #OldAfricanMusic

  10. Wednesday, August 19, 2026

    PepsiCo said it would leave Russia. Last year, it paid $237 million to the state . . . . . Russia unleashes large-scale attack with jet-powered drones as Kyiv faces at least 9 air raid alerts in a single day . . . . . Russia supplying Iran with drone components, ammunition amid war with US, NBC reports . . . . . Can Ukraine choke off Russia’s LNG trade at the source? . . . . . and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  11. Slavery reparations: Why Ghana is leading the demand for compensation
    bbc.com/news/articles/cy0j2r15

    "He also wants individual institutions that benefited from the slave trade to be held accountable and pay compensation. Among these is the Church of England.

    In the 18th Century, the Church's missionary wing ran plantations and owned hundreds of slaves, which helped fund its work across the Americas and beyond."

    #Colonialism #Slavery #Reparations #Ghana

  12. Locomotive Train (Keteke)

    amf.didiermary.fr/locomotive-t

    Released to coincide with the Ghanaian Independence Day celebrations on 6th March 2024, African Brothers Band International of Ghana’s “Locomotive Train (Keteke)” album is a fine example of the band’s fusion of Highlife, guitar based Rock and Reggae.

    Originally formed as The African Brothers in 1963 as a concert party, the band has had a […]

    #Ghana #Highlife #Independence #OldAfricanMusic

  13. Ambolley – Simigwa

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    Simigwa is a legendary Ghanian album – with one of the most iconic covers ever! – that fuses Highlife, Afrobeat, Folk and Funk. Ambolley’s debut solo album originally released in 1975, written and produced with Ebo Taylor.

    Gyedu-Blay Ambolley grew up during the peak of Highlife in Ghana and was a key figure in […]

    #70smusic #AfroFunk #Ghana #Highlife #AfroBeat

  14. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley – Simigwa-Do

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    Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, the versatile, irrepressible singer, songwriter, producer and Ghanean “musical- life-force” exploded on the music scene in 1973, with a jazzy Highlife sound he called “Simigwa-Do”.

    Ambolley taught himself to play the flute as a first instrument in his early years of musical interest dating back to the age of eight, when he began […]

    #70smusic #AfroFunk #Ghana #Highlife