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7/17/2019 Ghana
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Ghana: Highlife to Hiplife 10/06/2015
Popular music in Ghana & Nigeria
• Military rass an!s rass an! Highlife "fro#eat $Nigeria%
• Palmine $guitar% 'u(u $Nigeria/)oru#a%
• Palmine $guitar% Guitar*#an! highlife "fro*fun+ & "fro*roc+
Hiplife $Ghana%
• Palmine
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in many !irections
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percussions
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$sailors #rought music%
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forms that came after Palmine
• 3lectric "frofun+ "fro roc+ Highlife in Ghana
• oo+ at Mensa
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• a4 1780s: Palmine an! relate! guitar genres
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Hip hop in Ghana: ,eggie ,oc+stone
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