In the late 1960s, I was introduced to West African music through tapes and records by Nigeria percussionist, Oluntunji.

I confess that I don't know any Ghanaian musicians/vocalist or don't know that I know them {since I have a number of compilation CDs of West African music.

Like kat, I also did a google search and found this website:

http://www.ghanamusic.com/

On one of the pages in that site, I found this listing of music genres:

Gospel
Highlife
Hiplife
Reggae/Raglife
Traditional/Folkore

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I've heard of the dance music "Highlife". And I'm guessing that that "Hiplife" is like American "Hip-hop" music, and "Raglife" is like Jamaican "Ragga" {Raggamuffin} music which I believe is more "rauchy" form of dancehall Reggae.

I look forward to receiving some input regarding these musical genres {and others?} from Quarcoo's experiences orr from Internet and other sources that he may share with us.