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Ghanaian-born American-based musician Okaidja Afroso is hopeful his new album will help promote Ghana’s traditional music to the international music space.<\/p>\n
Okaidja Afroso is currently in Ghana promoting his sixth album titled “Jaku Mumor”, which translates into English as “Ancestral Spirit”.<\/p>\n
According to the artiste, who has performed on some big stages in the USA, more should be done to promote traditional music despite the dominance of other foreign genres.<\/p>\n
Okaidja Afroso explained that traditional highlife music represents Ghana’s music identity and takes pride in doing traditional music, having performed on some international stages.<\/p>\n
Speaking about the album, the traditional musician said his new project seeks to protect the identity and culture of the Gadangmes with various poetic rhythms.<\/p>\n
“My new project contains a lot of traditional literature as I aim at educating listeners about the virtues of the Gadangme culture.<\/p>\n
“The traditional percussion used for projects gives a natural and authentic feel of Ghanaian traditional music, which I am very proud of,” he said.<\/p>\n
Okaidja Afroso further revealed that he is open to featuring other Ghanaian artistes in his quest to generate more traditional music in the system.<\/p>\n
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