5 Legendary Ghanaian Bands From The Past To Present – Photos

Ghanaian music is distinguished by a vast range of traditional and contemporary musical traditions, owing to the country’s geographical location on the African continent.

In Ghana, the best-known modern genre originating in the West African country is Highlife.

The Highlife genre was the preferred music genre until the introduction of Hiplife and many others.

In this editorial, we look at five legendary Ghanaian bands who have entertained the nation of Ghana from the past through present times.

Osibisa

A Ghanaian-English Afro-rock band, founded in London in 1969 by four expatriate West African and three Caribbean musicians.

Osibisa were the most successful and longest-lived of the African-heritage bands in London.

Nakorex

Nakorex were a Ghanaian Highlife supergroup active in the 1990s.

The band was formed in 1992 by the musicians’ Nat Brew, Rex Omar, and Akosua Agyapong.

The band took its name from the first few letters of each member’s name. Brew and Agyapong were later married.

VVIP

VVIP, formerly known as VIP (Vision In Progress), is a Ghanaian Hiplife music group.

It is made up of Zeal, formerly known as Lazzy (Abdul Hamid Ibrahim), Prodigal (Joseph Nana Ofori) and Reggie Rockstone (Reginald Osei) from Nima, a suburb in Accra, Ghana.

Buk-Bak

Buk Bak was a Ghanaian musical group composed of Prince Bright, Isaac Shoetan and Ronny Coaches.

They rapped in Ga, Twi, and Pidgin and were Ghana’s first hiplife group to achieve popularity with Ga lyrics.

As of 2006, they were both pursuing individual projects.

Reggie and Bollie

Reggie ‘n’ Bollie are a Ghanaian music duo consisting of Reggie Zippy and Bollie Babyface.

They formed in 2012 and are best known for finishing as runners-up on the twelfth series of The X Factor UK in 2015.

SOURCE: GhanaCelebrities.Com