It never ceased to amaze me that even in the village, without power and only a radio, the kids and everyone else in the village were always up to date on the moves that consequently accompanied each song!
I went to a few events at each of my younger host sister's schools and was witness to the amazing dance abilities of Ghanaian kids!
I invite you to take a look/listen at some of the songs that were huge during my time in Ghana!
The first is V.I.P's song 'Away' - definitely one of my favourites!
For those that follow football/soccer, you probably know of the Black Stars' Asamoah Gyan. Well, he also has a thriving music career in Ghana...they call him Baby Jet :)
I also love this one :)
I love the video for this, some of it is filmed at the Accra Mall (only one in the country...also has a movie theatre) so it looks like any mall anywhere in the world...its a funny video in places.
This is another R2Bees song, I love their videos. And their songs.
This song is actually about the problems/dangers of being a prostitute. I had a CD of Ghanaian music by 'the DJ' in the village and this song is on it. When I listened to the CD courtesy of our host Father Andy's discman, he listened and his exact words were (while dancing) "and this song...is wondering...if you are a sex machine". Thanks Fr Andy, this one's in English. I get that.
All of these were considered 'hip life' but there is also reggae and the 'high life' which will be posted later!
Have fun at the dance party this music is about to spark :)
