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Yebuah Mensah is the older brother of popular Ghanaian highlife legend E.T. Mensah and was the leader of a dance orchestra in the Gold Coast.[1]
Career
Yebuah Mensah and his younger brother E.T. Mensah formed the Accra Rhythmic Orchestra, which won the Lambeth Walk Dance Competition in 1939 at the King George Memorial Hall,now known as the Parliament House in Ghana.[2]
Interview
Yebuah Mensah in an interview in 1973 , with the musicologist, John Collins, explained that the term ‘highlife’ appeared in the early 1920s as a catch-phrase for the orchestrated indigenous songs of the Gold Coast. This brand of music was played at exclusive clubs by such early dance bands as the Jazz Kings, the Cape Coast Sugar Babies, the Sekondi Nanshamang and later the Accra Orchestra.[3]
The people outside called it the highlife as they did not reach the class of the couples going inside, who not only had to pay a relatively high entrance feebut also had to wear full evening dress, including top-hats if they could afford it.[4]
References
- ^ Acquah, Edward (2018-04-09). "DJs should be creative to blend old and contemporary Highlife on air - Presenter". Kasapa102.5FM. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
- ^ "E. T. Mensah,". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
- ^ "High Life – The Origin, Growth and Status". Ghana And Beyond. 2019-10-20. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
- ^ "High Life – The Origin, Growth and Status". Ghana And Beyond. 2019-10-20. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
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