Almost 30 years after he died, the Nigerian will posthumously receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Reporting on Africa, its diaspora, and hip-hop's class acts today. While his contemporaries chased Afrobeats, Flavour chose to ...

The popular musician who plays the trumpet highlife style has been described as "The Evil Genius of Highlife". The singer who used to be a regular performer at the Stadium Hotel, Iyun Street, Surulere ...

Nigerian Highlife icon, Jesse King, popularly known by his stage name Bùgá, is set to celebrate an extraordinary milestone — over two decades of musical excellence and cultural influence.To mark the ...

Veteran highlife musician Mike Ejeagha, popularly known as “Gentleman Mike Ejeagha,” has passed away at 95. He died on Friday evening at the 32 Garrison Hospital in Enugu after a prolonged illness, ...

On a humid Tuesday night in Accra, Zen Garden is alive with sound, movement and memory as Highlife melodies spill into the open air, drawing families, friends and office workers who sway long past ...

Veteran Nigerian highlife musician, Bright Chimezie, has voiced his worries about the declining lyrical quality in contemporary music. Speaking on a recent episode of the CreativTea podcast, posted on ...

Introduction -- Popular music in Nigeria -- The social construction of Highlife music -- Historical development of Nigerian Highlife music -- Forms and styles of Nigerian Highlife music -- Nigerian ...