As modern sounds rise and fall, Highlife remains woven into daily life — not as nostalgia, but as a living cultural heartbeat ...

On a humid Tuesday night in Accra, Zen Garden is alive with sound, movement and memory as Highlife melodies spill into the ...

Ghanaian reggae artiste and broadcaster Blakk Rasta has joined calls for deliberate measures to protect and promote local ...

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 ...

A musical movement in Africa reshapes hip-hop. Nov. 9, 2007— -- A quick Google search of the phrase "HipLife" pulls up a surprising 78.8 million hits. But what is it? A fad diet? A new self-help ...

Samuel Maama Marquaye has returned to Ghana with a clear purpose: to deepen his research into traditional drumming and dance, ...

Performances in N.Y.C. The festival hosts the National Dance Company of Ghana at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. “You’re getting the best of all the dances.” Gifty Sowu, left, and Faustina Amankwah of ...

Ghana’s music industry continues to evolve with each passing year, bringing new faces, major announcements, and high expectations. As 2026 approaches, several developments within the industry suggest ...

How Ghana’s Music Fest Scene, Featuring Chance the Rapper, Burna Boy, Meek Mill and SZA, is Uniting the African Diaspora The annual Afrochella and Afro Nation music fests and the inaugural Black Star ...

Grammy-nominated Ghanaian musician, Rocky Dawuni, has called on the government and media to play Ghanaian music around the clock as part of deliberate efforts to grow the local music industry and ...