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Highlife

By: Colter Harper
In: The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture
Edited by: Janet Sturman
Subject:Sociology of Culture, Social & Cultural Anthropology, Popular Music
Keywords:banding; dance

The tradition of West African popular music known as highlife developed around the turn of the 20th century in the British Gold Coast colony, which became the independent nation of Ghana in 1957. Highlife emerged from the intersection of West African, European, and West Indian ...

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  Harper, C. (2019). Highlife. In J. Sturman (Ed.), The SAGE international encyclopedia of music and culture (Vol. 1, pp. 1080-1081). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n342
  
  Harper, Colter. "Highlife." In The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, edited by Sturman, Janet, 1080-81. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n342.
  
  Harper, C. 2019. Highlife. In: Janet Sturman Editor, 2019. The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 1080-1081 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n342> [Accessed 10 May 2021].
  
  Harper, Colter. "Highlife." The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture. Edited by Janet Sturman. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019, pp. 1080-81. SAGE Knowledge. 10 May 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483317731.n342.
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