ossory

Accra as the city literally named after its ants: Jamestown's forts, Bukom's boxing lane, Makola's market prices, Kantamanto's secondhand "dead man's coats," Teshie's wooden fish-shaped coffins, and the drums that fall silent for a month before Homowo, traded line by line between two equally weighted leads.

L94 The Local Anthems Highlife / Hiplife Fusion

Named For The Ants

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Style

Fast 132 BPM highlife-hiplife fusion sung in Ghanaian-accented English by two equally traded male and female leads locking into unison choruses, built on kpanlogo hand drums, a deep gome bass drum and cowbell, interlocking palm-wine guitars, punchy trumpet-and-sax stabs, and market-crowd chants — sincere throughout, no irony.

Tags

  • #Accra
  • #Ghana
  • #Highlife
  • #Hiplife
  • #GaMashie
  • #Jamestown
  • #Makola
  • #Kantamanto
  • #Homowo
  • #Trotro
  • #Kpanlogo
  • #WestAfrica
  • #CitySong
  • #SatiricalSong
  • #originalsong
  • #ossory