Cape Coast Sugar Babies
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Highlife orchestra from Cape Coast, Ghana
Cape Coast Sugar Babies was one of the first highlife orchestras from Cape Coast.They were also known as the Light Orchestra.[1] Their style of music is known as West African Highlife music.[2]
In the 1930s similar orchestras of almost symphonic composition with popular dance tunes was introduced by Cape Coast Sugar Babies. There were others that played similar composition: Winneba Orchestra, the Asante Nkramo Band, the Sekondi Nanshamang and Professor Grave's Orchestra.[3][4]
They are remembered by their tour of Nigeria in 1937.[5] Highlife was taken out of Ghana to Nigeria by E.T Mensah and Cape Coast Sugar Babies in the 1950s.[6][7]
Songs
- Araba Takyiwa
- " Wo nim Owuo A whe Nna"[2]
References
- ↑ Collins, John (1989). "The Early History of West African Highlife Music". Popular Music. 8 (3): 221–230. ISSN 0261-1430.
- 1 2 "popsike.com - HIGHLIFE: CAPE COAST SUGAR BABIES HMV N- COPY - auction details". www.popsike.com. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ↑ "Ghana's Highlife Music Collection : Ghanaian Traditional Music". www.fondation-langlois.org. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ↑ "Highlife music dates as far back as 19th century- Prof. Collins". MyJoyOnline.com. 2013-10-28. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ↑ "The story of Ghanaian highlife". 2004-09-28. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ↑ Agencies (2018-10-05). "Nigerians can't claim ownership of highlife music – don". TODAY. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
- ↑ "High Life – The Origin, Growth and Status". Ghana And Beyond. 2019-10-20. Retrieved 2020-08-04.