Nod to The Legend · The producers · 1919–1996
E.T. Mensah
The King of Highlife
Ghanaian bandleader E.T. Mensah and his Tempos mixed West African rhythm with swing horns and calypso, and spread highlife across West Africa in the 1950s.
Still heard: Highlife guitars and horns are the grandparents of afrobeats.
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