Tag: Nigeria

Evidence that highlife, an evolved version of indigenous Ghanaian sounds Osibisaba and Adaha which emerged in the early 1920s, is of Ghanaian origin abound. Highlife got to Nigeria around 1937. In Professor John Collins’ book Highlife Time 3, he writes in Chapter 47: “Nigeria is now a major centre for highlife. However, the music was introduced to the country from Ghana in variety of ways. At first, through the diffusion of the kokomba highlife, and 1937 Nigerian tour of the Cape Coast Sugar Babies Orchestra. Later came the 1950s records EK Nyame and Onyina’s guitar band and most importantly the early 50s tours of the Ghanaian Tempos band