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The Ghanaian 'father of rap' brings Swinging Accra and Simigwa-do to highlife
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To me it was highlife, but they called it calypso.
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We sing about the do's and don'ts about society.
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The [highlife] performers made this music for us to be close, for us to feel what we have, and everyone got involved: young, middle and old.
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'Ghana, land of freedom!' I've never seen a day like that in my life ever!
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The colonial masters didn't know where the one is, but they danced anyway… Highlife is music of unification.
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Rap is an African thing.
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It's what happens around the one and two that's important…
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Interviewer
Nick Dwyer
One of New Zealand's most well-travelled TV presenters, Nick Dwyer is the co-creator and host of the critically-acclaimed television series 'Making Tracks,' which has seen some of New Zealand's best-loved songs transformed all over the globe, (it can now be viewed all over the world on the National Geographic and BBC Knowledge networks). Nick also has an extensive career in radio with over 17 years under his belt; he currently hosts the breakfast show on nationwide station George FM.
