Concert with Ghanaian Highlife Band Amamere
Date and time: 24 April 2026, 20:00-22:00
Experience the magic of highlife music with Amamere, an exciting upcoming band from Cape Coast, Ghana, as they bring a fresh air to the highlife tradition, blending the distinctive guitar highlife of the 1970's with Afro-funk. Formed in 2022 by drummer and composer Rim Akandoh Jnr. (former drummer of Ghanaian highlife legend Ebo Taylor), the band draws inspiration from Ghana’s rich musical history while adding a modern, energetic twist.
The debut album “Man Shall Be Free” combines newly mixed classics from the repertoire of Rim Akandoh Jnr’s father – the ‘Mighty’ Rim Akandoh and his Prince Sparrows Band – including pieces from the Osoode medley tradition of Western Ghana as well as their own new compositions. The songs not only pick up on the pulsating rhythm of highlife but also transport the lyrical depth of proverbial wisdom.
Line up:
- Rim Akandoh Jnr.: Drums and vocals
- Eric Asiedu Agyekum: Lead guitarist
- Michael Awuni: Keyboard
- Maxwell Nuuno: Bass guitar
- Daniel Yiadom Adarkwa: Saxophone
- Emmanuel Adjei: Trumpet/flugelhorn
- Dominic Ansah: Percussion
- John Hakeem: Vocals
Tickets will be sold at the door: 100kr.
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Highlife Unbound: Book Launch at Literatur Haus, Møllegade 7, 2200 Copenhagen
24 April 2026, 17:00-18:00
Dr. Markus Coester presents his new book Highlife Unbound which unfolds the trilocal and transnational history of Highlife, Anglophone West Africa's first modern popular music. It introduces Highlife as a travelling cultural practice and trilocal community by investigating the interrelatedness of Highlife-making in the Gold Coast/Ghana, Nigeria, and England between 1950 and 1967, the time when Highlife became modern popular music culture.