Songs Upd | Igbo Highlife

The genre emerged in the mid-20th century as Igbo musicians adapted the popular Ghanaian highlife style. They infused it with indigenous elements such as:

The second Saturday, he invited an old guitarist, Uncle Benji, whose fingers still remembered the lead rhythm of Prince Nico Mbarga’s “Sweet Mother.” They played for two hours. Twenty-three people showed up. A young couple slow-danced, the woman resting her head on the man’s shoulder, whispering, “This was my father’s wedding song.” igbo highlife songs