Ghana: King of Palmwine Music

With over 50 years' experience playing traditional and palmwine music (highlife music), for which he has become so well-loved in Ghana and internationally, Koo Nimo has expressed concern that this unique heritage is under threat.

"There are threats to traditions of the Court music," Nimo told The EastAfrican, adding: "The youth today dance foreign music and are moving away from our own. Some of the lyrics of the songs do not live up to Ghanaian decency standards."

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