Category Archives: Music Video Monday

Music Video Monday #22: Efya- Sexy Sassy Wahala

This video is a perfect example of pigeon English, its popularity in Ghanaian entertainment, and its connections the traditional languages.  Efya very much brings the Sexy Sassy, and well the Wahala part may be a little hard for you to understand.  Wahala … Continue reading

Posted in Ghana, music, Music Video Monday | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Music Video Monday #21: Kofi B, Koforidua

This is a perfect example of a song or the type of song that you would hear in Ghana in a taxi or blarring from a speaker at one of the many drinking “spots.”  This song would probably be considered … Continue reading

Posted in Ghana, music, Music Video Monday | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Music Video Monday #20: Trigmatic, Mi Fri Ghana

Ghanaians are extremely patriotic, and they will be the first to tell you how wonderful Ghana is.  This is very evident when ever there is a World Cup going on and not only are people around the world noticing how well this … Continue reading

Posted in Ghana, Music Video Monday | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Music Video Monday #19: KAMALAFROSEVENTY

Our music video showcases usually focus on videos that were filmed in Ghana showing off the beautiful nation.  This one is a little different being that it was filmed somewhere in Europe put still provides a very positive message by an international … Continue reading

Posted in Ghana, music, Music Video Monday | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Music Video Monday #18: Edem, Over Again

This Hip-Video is another example of the club music that is very popular with the youth throughout the country.  Especially so with the city youth, there is a busling urban culture developing in the cities of Ghana, with music and … Continue reading

Posted in music, Music Video Monday | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Music Video Monday #17: Oyedieyie By Dunsin

This goofy hiplife video tells the stories of some Oyeadieyie, who are the boys that carry sewing machines on their head and mend peoples clothes. The chorus goes like this if you could not hear it: “Oyedieyie, with his sewing … Continue reading

Posted in Ghana, music, Music Video Monday | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Music Video Monday #16: Gonje Songs

The Gonje people are an ethnic group that resides in Norther Ghana.  Music is a very important part of their life like most people in Ghana.  This is a recording of 3 traditional Gonje Songs recorded in 1979.  The instrument … Continue reading

Posted in Ghana, music, Music Video Monday | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Music Video Monday #15: Ghana Xylophone music

Not really a music video in the traditional sense but there is music and it is a video.  Personally I can not resist the sound of the Ghana Xylophone, or the different variations of it around West Africa.  When I … Continue reading

Posted in Ghana, music, Music Video Monday | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Music Video Monday #14: Obour: Obour

This video may seem a little narcissistic in the way the Obour (the name of the artist) repeats his name over and over again in the lyrics of this song.  This video is set up to be like a folk story like … Continue reading

Posted in Ghana, music, Music Video Monday | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Music Video Monday #13: Tinny – Zingolo (Cadbury Dairy Milk Advert)

Lucky Number 13, and chaley (slang for friend in Ghana) oooooohhhh, this video is tooo much. As the title says this is a Cadbury Dairy Milk Advert.  The whole video is really well done with Tinny doing the music, he … Continue reading

Posted in Ghana, music, Music Video Monday | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment