The Wavelength: Highlife
06.03.26

~~elevated frequencies to last the test of time~~
For this episode of The Wavelength, GOGO honors her father ahead of his birthday by playing music from his personal party playlist and chronicling the history of Highlife, a West African musical genre elevated by their tribe in Nigeria.
Happy Black Music Month!
Tracklist:
olatunji – jin-go-lo-ba (drums of passion)highlife history (spotify playlist) et mensah and his tempos – ghana-guinea-mali cardinal rex lawson – sawale cardinal rex lawson – yellow sisi dan satch and his atomic eight – the ikoro 70 special the funkees – akula owu onyeara the oriental brothers international band – ihe chinyere the funkees – abraka the oriental brothers international band – onyenusi special fela kuti – gentleman prince nico mbarga – sweet mother
the cavemen. – selense
dad’s partytime mix (youtube music playlist) spinall, omah lay, tyla – one call phyno, burna boy – do i (remix) wizkid – anoti darkoo, rema – favorite girl larry gaaga – low flavour – nwa baby (ashawo) asake, olamide – amapiano tekno – pana fireboy dml, asake – bandana sunny bobo – willie willie wizkid, ayodeji balogun – ojuelegba patoranking, diamond platnumz – kolo kolo burna boy – on the low dj tunez, ashanti, adekunle gold – energy d’banj – fall in love
fousheé – war
references: the medicine shell’s history of igbo highlife / highlife wikipedia / igbo highlife wikipedia / masterclass highlife music guide / fela kuti: music is the weapon / surviving biafra: voices from the nigerian civil war / my biafran story: music in a time of war







