The Music of the Soil – Cultural music of different nations

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The Music of the Soil Cultural music of
different nations

• Music is the soul of every culture and tradition.
  Since the times immemorial, people used to
  express their emotions and send across messages
  through various types of songs. Songs can be
  expression of emotions or a state of mind or can
  also be related to society and mankind as a
  whole. The folk songs have often depicted the
  social conditions of a particular cultural group
  or the history of the land.

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How Ghana Music has evolved?

• The Ghana music has evolved over the years from
  traditional folk songs of the land to the hip
  hop, rap and highlife now belong intrinsically to
  the Ghanaian people and the land of Ghana. The
  present day Ghanaian music has evolved with the
  influence from the neighboring countries and
  other cultures as well. The genres of music that
  are highly popular in Ghana include its
  traditional and folk songs that are still a part
  of the Ghanaian culture and traditions, gospel
  music, and the hiplife and highlife music that
  are commonly sang either in English or in their
  local or native languages.

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• The last two forms of music that is the hiplife
  and the highlife have been popularized by the
  different types of media like the radio or the
  television etc. These genres of music have even
  reached crossed borders and have gained great
  popularity in other countries as well that have
  Ghanaian population.
• There are a number of sites available on the
  internet to Download Ghanaian Music for free.
  These sites contain mostly all the genres of
  music so that the Ghanaian people can stay
  connected to their homeland from every part of
  the world.

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Music of Nigeria

• The music of Nigeria to has taken a different
  modern forms from their very own and traditional
  folk songs and have also made impact all over the
  world as well. The typically Naija music connects
  to every true Nigerian at the different corners
  of the world. Nigeria has different styles of
  music as well like the Highlife and the Hiplife
  in the Nigerian style, Nigerian rap, traditional
  pop, Waka and a lot of other types as well. Songs
  from these genres of music are also ready for
  download from the internet for the Nigerian
  people as well.

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• To download Nigerian music one simple has to
  visit these sites and browse through the wide
  collection of songs which can be saved for free.
  Songs of Sarkodie, a popular Ghanaian Hiplife and
  Hip Hop recording artists is also available
  online as well. To Download Sarkodie Songs there
  are a large number of free websites that offers
  free mp3 downloads of his songs.