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"I do believe that it is important for music to progress, otherwise it just becomes something for museums, but you have to know your traditional culture before you start adding things to it.”

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“It is still a minority of people who are interested in traditional music.”

“There are American influences in my music but there is African culture behind it.”

"Highlife was very popular with Africans in London! It was a powerful reminder of home.”

“Most young musicians in Ghana are getting their ideas from overseas, and maybe mixing in some highlife or Afrobeat. But some people are looking back into earlier forms of music."

"I was born to do this and it's the only thing I want to continue doing."

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