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 ...

So it’s been twenty years since Frederique Constant first launched its Highlife collection, which captured the collective imagination of watch lovers worldwide with—among other things—its integrated ...

Ghanaian highlife is one of the oldest popular dance-music styles of Africa. It emerged in the 1880s, a fusion of rhythms from the West African coast and those from Europe, and black people from both ...

On a humid Tuesday night in Accra, Zen Garden is alive with sound, movement and memory as Highlife melodies spill into the open air, drawing families, friends and office workers who sway long past ...

In Ghana, the '70s was a time of political repression, high inflation, and funky pop music. Among the musicians working the clubs in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, was a young British emigre named John ...

Ghanaian musician Rapp Fada has made a passionate call for the preservation and promotion of Highlife music, describing it as ...

Pat Thomas, a singer and bandleader from Ghana, is nearly 70. He's lived in England, Germany, Canada and the U.S. But these days he's back home, once again making the music that enshrined him in the ...

Small and thin, eyes sparkling beneath his signature cloth cap, cigarette and guitar in hand, he's the oldest of the highlife stars still active on the music scene. From the 1940s to the 1960s, ...

Have you ever listened to a song that reminded you of the unforgettable past? Or song that made you forget your worries and stress after the day’s toiling? Maybe you play music to help you think ...