| For example, Fela Kuti, an illustrious neighbour whose highlife included an American experience in 1969 before he returned to Nigeria and created afro-beat. |
| The introduction of highlife music to Nigeria in the mid fifties by Ghana's E. T. Mensah revolutionised the music industry and led to the proliferation of bands that played highlife music with a truly Nigerian flavor. |
| Thousands of revelers attended the early-morning events, which included a highlife and hiplife concert, traditional dancing, and a military parade. |
| Throughout his career he has experimented with diverse musical genres as rumba, soukous, salsa, highlife and Afrobeat. |
| Enjoying the same stature as the star of the genre, the Ghanaian E. T. Mensah, he played highlife mixed with twist, rock 'n' roll and Congolese rumba, which was completely new in Accra at the time. |
| In his youth Ade played highlife, a type of urban dance music that emerged in Ghana in the late 19th century and blended elements of church music, military brass-band music, sea shanties, and various local African traditions. |
