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highlife

musical genre originating in Ghana
Intangible music_genre Q963061
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highlife

Summary

highlife is a music genre[1]. highlife draws 778 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #320 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • highlife's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • The location of highlife was Greater Accra Region[4].
  • highlife is a type of music of West Africa[5].
  • highlife's Commons category is recorded as Highlife[6].
  • highlife's country of origin is recorded as Ghana[7].
  • January 1, 1965 marks the founding of highlife[8].
  • highlife's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Highlife[9].
  • highlife's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as National Register – Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ghana[10].
  • highlife's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity[11].
  • highlife's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[12].

Body

Definition and Type

highlife's instance of is recorded as music genre[3]. highlife is a type of music of West Africa[5].

Origins

January 1, 1965 marks the founding of highlife[8].

Why It Matters

highlife draws 778 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #320 of 1,946).[2] highlife has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

Related Entities

Fela Kuti Ghana

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . motac.gov.gh. Retrieved . motac.gov.gh. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . motac.gov.gh. Retrieved . motac.gov.gh. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ich.unesco.org. Retrieved . ich.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Highlife
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage
    Country of origin → Ghana
    Instance of → music genre
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 29844, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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