Africa
The sound of Ghana
Highlife is one of the great twentieth-century fusions — dance-band horns over local rhythm — and hiplife did the same trick again with hip-hop. Neither is a footnote to the Nigerian story.
28 artists in the catalog.
What Ghana does that nowhere else does
Genres far more common here than across the rest of the catalog. The multiplier is how much more common, weighted by how many artists carry it.
Five records to start with
Not a canon — a way in. Each one links to what it is, who it's for and where to go next.
Ghanaian artists worth walking into
Ordered by how much we can tell you, not just by how well-known they are.
Stevie Wonder
blues · funk
Where to start →Sarkodie
Afrobeats · hip-hop
Discography →M.anifest
hip-hop
Discography →Samini
dancehall
Discography →Efya
Afro-soul · jazz
Discography →Shatta Wale
Afrobeats · dancehall
Discography →Fancy Gadam
African popular music · dancehall
Discography →Moliy
Discography →Black T Igwe
Discography →Cina Soul
African popular music · highlife
Discography →Reggie Rockstone
hip-hop
Discography →KiDi
African popular music · Afrobeats
Discography →