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Highlife-Pop

Highlife-Pop is a genre. Highlife-Pop grew out of Igbo highlife. Its influence carried into Afro-pop, worldbeat, Jùjú, Mbalax and Soukous, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 7 connections around Highlife-Pop. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where Highlife-Pop came from and where it led.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Highlife-PopIgbo highlifeAfro-popworldbeatJùjúMbalaxSoukousAfrobeats

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Highlife-Pop connections

Highlife-Pop grew out of Igbo highlife, went on to shape Afro-pop, worldbeat, Jùjú and Mbalax. 7 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

What influenced Highlife-Pop

Roots1

Sounds and acts that shaped Highlife-Pop.

What Highlife-Pop shaped

Legacy6

Where the influence of Highlife-Pop travelled next.

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