Highlife

Highlife is a music genre that originated in Ghana at the turn of the 20th century and
incorporated the traditional harmonic 9th, as well as melodic and the main rhythmic
structures in traditional Akan music, and married them with Western instruments. Highlife
was associated with the local African aristocracy during the colonial period. By 1930s,
Highlife spread to Sierra Leone, Liberia, Gambia and Nigeria via Ghanaian workers, amongst
other West African countries, where the music is now very popular.