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= Ghanaian Music  =  ====Ghana has many varied styles of traditional and modern music , due to its vibrant ethnic groups and geographic position in West Africa , enjoying cosmopolitan cultures. The most well known genre to have originated in Ghana is Highlife , which among youth had in the late 1990s had incorporated Hip-Hop influences to establish a newer hybrid genre, known as Hiplife . ====

Traditional music
====Traditional music in Ghana is based on two factors: ethnic groups and geography. The country is home to numerous ethnic group , whose musical styles can be put into two main categories: the southern part and the northen part. ==== ====<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">  ==== ====<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">  ==== ====<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Southern  ==== ====<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Inhabited by ethnic groups speaking broad Kwa <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">and Geb <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> language groups. The cultures of these fertile forested regions were isolated from Sudanic influence that dominated the North. The music of southern groups are highly associated with social or spiritual fu<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">nction   ==== ====<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">      ====

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Northern
==== <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">The music styles of this region, which lies in the sparsely vegetated Sudan <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> and Sahel <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">grassland belts, are generally grouped into a larger Sahelian <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> West Africa <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> musical umbrella category, due to ethnic migrations and cultures historically crossing borders from the rest of the region into the country during the Songhai Empire <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">and Mossi <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">empires abroad. ====

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==== <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">     ==== ==== <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">List of Tr      <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">aditional Instrument     ==== ===<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Northern <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">    ===


 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> [|Dondo/Lunna/Kalangu] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> - Varieties of Hourglass-shaped Talking drums
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> [|Brekete] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> - Bass snare drum of the Lunsi ensemble (which contains several Talking-drums,  [|griot] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> singers and sometimes flutes)
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> [|Goonji/Gonjey/Goge] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> - Traditional one stringed-fiddle played by a majority of Sahelian groups in West Africa.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> [|Koloko] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> - Varieties of  [|Sahelian] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> lute. Varieties include the one-stringed 'Kolgo/Koliko' of   [|Gur] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">-speaking groups, the two-stringed 'Moolo' of the   [|Zabarma] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> and Fulani minorities, or the two-stringed 'Gurmi' of the   [|Hausa] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> [|Musical bow] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> - known as 'Jinjeram' (in  [|Gurunsi] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">) or Jinjeli (in   [|Mossi] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">-   [|Dagomba] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> languages)
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> [|Gyil] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> - large resonant Xylophones, related to the  [|Balafon] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> [|Shekere] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> [|Calabash] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> [|Aburukuwa] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> [|Atoke] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> [|Axatse] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> - a rattle or idiophone. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> [|Kaganu] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> - a narrow drum or membranophone.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> [|Kidi] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> - a drum about two feet tall
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> [|Kloboto] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> [|Kpanlogo] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> [|Totodzi] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> [|Seprewa] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> - 6-10 stringed harp of the Akan and Fante peoples of south and central Ghana, used in an old genre of praise music.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> [|Sogo] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> - the largest of the supporting drums used to play in Atsia