One popular genre of music in Ghana is known as “highlife.” A blend of jazz and Indigenous African styles, highlife is characterized by syncopated melodies and asymmetrical drum rhythms — derived from traditional drumming practices. Lyrics are sung either in Yoruba or English, but Western inst...
These languages are spoken by the continent's many ethnic groups, ranging from the Afro-Asiatic family, which includes Arabic, Somali, and Hausa, to the Niger-Congo family, which includes Swahili, Yoruba, and Zulu. This incredible variety of languages reflects the continent's rich cultural ...