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Highlife
- Genre family
- African Popular Music
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Meet Highlife
Highlife is a branch of the African Popular Music family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Highlife is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreAfrican Popular Music
Current genreHighlife
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
1970s starting recordings
1970s recordings are still being reviewed. Continue through the related topics above in the meantime.
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