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Igbo highlife is a contemporary musical genre that combines highlife and Igbo traditional music. The genre is primarily guitar-based music, with a rare characteristic blend of horns and vocal rhythms. [1] [2] Igbo highlife lyrics are sung mostly in Igbo with occasional infusion of Pidgin English. [3]
Igbo highlife albums (1 C, 2 P) F. Flavour N'abania songs (4 P) M. Igbo highlife musicians (10 P) Pages in category "Igbo highlife" The following 3 pages are in this ...
Owerri Bongo (Bongo/Igbo Bongo) is a style of Igbo highlife music that has its origins in the Igbo people of Owerri and spread around all Imo State, which is in eastern Nigeria. The musical style is a sub-genre of Igbo highlife music. [1] Unlike Igbo highlife, which is known for its brass horns and often somber feel.
After the Biafran war there was a hunger amongst the Igbo people to move on from the war. Ikwokirikwo came from this desire in the early 70s. Ikwokirikwo was much different from the somber sound of the Igbo highlife music which dominated the era before and presided during the war. The uptempo beat was one which needed the listener to get up and ...
His lyrics draw inspiration from Igbo folklore and proverbs. [5] "Ka Esi Le Onye Isi Oche" is an example of Igbo highlife music, characterised by its rhythmic instrumentation and storytelling lyrics. [3] [4] The song narrates a classic Igbo folktale centered around the cleverness of the tortoise, Mbe, and the might of the elephant, Enyi.
His music is a mixture of Ogene music, Igbo highlife and mainstream Nigerian music fused with traditional tunes and chants. Ejyk Nwamba recreates mainstream Nigerian music like Afrobeats in a cultural way, and has successfully worked with mainstream Nigerian musicians including Flavour, Zoro, Kola Boy and others. [3]
This is a list of notable Nigerian highlife musicians arranged in alphabetical order. There are several other genres of music in Nigeria these include Ikorodo , Igbo gospel , Owerri Bongo , Fuji music , Ekpili Jùjú music , Apala , Were music and Highlife .
Bright Chimezie (born 1 October 1960) [1] is a Nigerian musician known for his influential music style called Zigima Sound. Hailing from Abia State, Nigeria, Chimezie rose to fame in the early 1980s [2] with his unique blend of traditional Nigerian music, Igbo highlife, and chanted vocals.