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Ghanaian broadcaster Daddy Bosco disagrees with the agenda to place highlife as the only music genre to represent Ghana internationally.<\/p>\n
According to the Director of Communications and Special Projects at the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA), the \u201cfixation on only highlife for me is very limiting.\u201d<\/p>\n
He made the statement on Joy FM\u2019s A-Z<\/strong> while responding for to a question on the right genre to represent Ghana on the international level.\u00a0<\/p>\nBosco cited America as a country that has many genres like jazz, RnB, funk, country among others. He said even highlife has western influences, a reason musicians should be allowed to experiment with rhythms.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a national we need to appreciate that it is sort of generational. So the kids today sing more with hiplife and the derivatives like Afrobeats. The other day I was hearing someone say Amapiano highlife,\u201d he told the host Kwame Dadzie.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe point I am making is that as a people we will not be represented by only highlife. What we need to do is to open up to our creativity. Because the conversation shows what we call highlife today is a fusion of African rhythms and western rhythms, played with western instruments,\u201d Bosco added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The dominance of Afrobeats on the global music scene has ignited the conversation about what can be done in Ghana to achieve a similar feat.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For many people, highlife, a music genre of Ghanaian origin is the only true identity of Ghana\u2019s music industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the meantime, highlife is being considered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to be listed as intangible heritage.\u00a0If this goes through, Ghanaian will duly be credited as the owners of the music genre.<\/p>\n
UNESCO defines \u2018Intangible cultural heritage\u2019 refers to the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge and skills \u2013 as well as the instruments, objects, artefacts and cultural spaces associated \u2013 that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals recognize as part of their cultural heritage.<\/p>\n
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