"This gigantic compilation from the Moochin’ About label brings together a collection of classics from the Ghanaian and Nigerian music of the 1950s and 1960s. Cool Cats Invasion (Highlife, Juju & Palm-wine) offers a captivating musical journey through time. The selection of tracks is impressive: it includes the Nigerian juju singer and guitarist Tunde Nightingale, one of the disciples of the great Tunde King, as well as the first highlife and calypso records from Fela Kuti, captured in London in 1959. To better understand what is at stake in this compilation, let’s start with a bit of history. Highlife is a type of popular West African music and dance that originated in Ghana at the end of the 19th century, then spread to western Nigeria and flourished in both countries during the 1950s. ..."
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