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Music in Ghana is a spring of creativity that feeds the steady stream of life. From highlife in the early 20th century, which influenced pop music throughout the continent, to hiplife, a hip-hop inspired genre that includes rapping in Fanti, it’s hard for me to decide which is more inspiring or ingenious when I think of Ghanaian music.

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