Highlife Music Stakeholders Conference

In the wake of UNESCO’s listing of Reggae and Rhumba music genres as intangible cultural heritage of Jamaica and Congo respectively, conversations began around Ghana’s Highlife music. The conversations culminated in the Highlife Stakeholders Conference which was to identify the keys stakeholders and establish a roadmap to getting highlife music added to UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage. The conference was funded by UNESCO and done in collaboration with GCF and National Folklore Board. It was held at the Accra Tourist Information Centre in Accra on Friday, March 4, 2022.
The conference culminated in a formation of working committees and their terms of reference. The Working Committees have overall responsibility for the project in terms of scope and duration. GCF together with the project lead, National Folklore Board, are in conversation with the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture to provide funding for the project.