[Afropop] This set of 18 funky tracks is a welcome follow-up to Soundway's essential compilation Ghana Special: Modern Highlife Afro-Sounds & Ghanaian Blues, 1968-81. In the late 70s, economic stresses and curfews imposed by the military regime of Jerry Rawlings all but decimated Accra's once-vibrant live music scene. Young and old highlife musicians with ambitions went into exile, many to Germany where a new sound was being birthed. Dubbed burger highlife--"Burger" being a term for citizens of Hamburg--the new
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