It is difficult to sell highlife to the world – Bisa Kdei tells BBC

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• ADWOA 9 years ago

  MOST SONGS ARE IN TWI. COMPARE NIGERIANS WHO SING IN ENGLISH HENCE GLOBALLY UNDERSTOOD AND APPRECIATED

  MOST SONGS ARE IN TWI. COMPARE NIGERIANS WHO SING IN ENGLISH HENCE GLOBALLY UNDERSTOOD AND APPRECIATED

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• Akora 9 years ago

  Angelique Kidjo and Nayanka Bell sing in their native Beninois language and their songs are global hits. Thus a song must not necessarily be in English to be a global hit

  Angelique Kidjo and Nayanka Bell sing in their native Beninois language and their songs are global hits. Thus a song must not necessarily be in English to be a global hit

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• PITO 9 years ago

  The reason your music does not make it into Africa or globally is NOT because of language at alllll!!! The reason is that your lyrics are shallow and lack deep insight and also has very little unique rhythm that meet global t ...
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  The reason your music does not make it into Africa or globally is NOT because of language at alllll!!! The reason is that your lyrics are shallow and lack deep insight and also has very little unique rhythm that meet global taste. I advice you to Copy Malian griots like Habib Koite, Angelique Kidjo, Hugh Masekela and even our own Tumi Ebow Ansah. I listen to a few of your songs and it is either you are always talking about love birds or girls or poverty. Such topics are fleeting. You need serious creativity to sing about topics no one will even think about singing about e.g Nat Brews song "Wogb3", angique kidjos " Agolo", Ben brakos "Ntaase". Be proud of your tradition and explore it to your benefit as a highlife singer. The global world music genre wants to feel your unique rhythm and passion not your words per Se. You will be in Ghana and artist like Sherifa Gunu and wiyaala will come and pass you to go international.Learn from them too ,those ladies are seriously creative!

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• Tt 9 years ago

  Big lie

  Big lie

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• AKORA 9 years ago

  I JUST WANT TO COME IN TO SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE THE WRITER I THINK DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS ALL ABOUT THE SO CALLED HIGHLIFE MUSIC . PLEASE NO TEACHER CAN TEACH WHAT HE DOES NOT KNOW . YOU DONT KNOW WHAT IS HIGHLIFE WHY THEN SHO ...
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  I JUST WANT TO COME IN TO SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE THE WRITER I THINK DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IS ALL ABOUT THE SO CALLED HIGHLIFE MUSIC . PLEASE NO TEACHER CAN TEACH WHAT HE DOES NOT KNOW . YOU DONT KNOW WHAT IS HIGHLIFE WHY THEN SHOULD YOU PLAY IT?EVER SINCE TILL NOW , OUR TYPE OF MUSIC IS INDIGENOUS . BUT THE INTRODUCTION OF CONVERTIONAL INSTRUMENTS AND IT'S HARMONY BROUGHT CHANGES (LIFE)TO OUR TYPE OF MUSIC TO RESPOND TO OUR MODERN WAY AND CHANGES IN OUR LIFESTYLE ; DANCING , MEETINGS, DRESSINGS , MERRY MAKINGS , CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS , THE KWAHU FESTIVAL (EASTER) ETC . THESE INFLUENCED THIS TYPE OF INDIGENOUS MUSIC HENCE HIGH LIFE MUSIC . INTRODUCE THE DANCE FORM OF HIGH LIFE MUSIC TO IT .AND THE SO CALLED HIGH LIFE MUSIC CAN GO FAR .THER ARE LOT TO DO TO YOUR SO CALLED HIGHLIFE MUSIC : GOOD MARMONIES , NICE ARRANGEMENTS , GOOD SCHEMES AND BETTER INSTRUMENTATIONS , GOOD LYRICS, GOOD INTRUMENTALISTS ,OTHERWISE YOU WILL STAY AT THE TOP AND DESCEND LIKE OTHERS .

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