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Edo Highlife: Culture, Politics and Progressive Traditionalism

Afropop Worldwide by Afropop Worldwide

Sep 11, 202600:59:04Health

Highlife—West Africa’s pioneer popular music of the late colonial and independence periods—has mostly faded from popularity in 21st century Nigeria. However, highlife is alive and well in Edo State, 300 kilometers east o...

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