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Highlife
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Developed around the turn of the century, highlife is comprised of dance styles from English-speaking West Africa: guitar band music heard with jazz-like horn sections or in rural areas with just multiple guitars.
Highlife Song Highlights
Zombie
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti
Gentleman
Fela Kuti
Zombie
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti
Original Sufferhead
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti
Lady
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti
Coffin for Head of State
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti
Water No Get Enemy
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti
Dog Eat Dog
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti
Sorrow Tears and Blood
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti
Swegbe and Pako
Africa 70
/
Fela Kuti
Zombie
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti
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Fela Kuti & Africa 70
Expensive Shit
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti
Dawn
Sol Amarfio
/
Teddy Osei
Osibisa
Kalakuta Show
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti
Gbagada Gbagada Gbogodo Gbogodo
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti
Highlife Time
Fela
V.I.P. (Pt. 1&2)
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti
Stalemate
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti
Roforofo Fight
Fela
Shakara
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti
Who No Know Go Know
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti
Sense Wiseness
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti
Other Styles in West African
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Bikutsi
Cameroonian
Cape Verdean
Coupé-Décalé
Djabdong
French Guianese
Fuji
Gabonese
Gambian
Ghanaian
Guinea-Bissau
Guinean
Highlife
Ivorian
Juju
Kora
Makossa
Malian Music
Mbalax
Morna
Nigerian
Palm-Wine
Senegalese Music
Sierra Leonian
Yoruban
Bambara
Bikutsi
Cameroonian
Cape Verdean
Coupé-Décalé
Djabdong
French Guianese
Fuji
Gabonese
Gambian
Ghanaian
Guinea-Bissau
Guinean
Highlife
Ivorian
Juju
Kora
Makossa
Malian Music
Mbalax
Morna
Nigerian
Palm-Wine
Senegalese Music
Sierra Leonian
Yoruban