Who Is Highlife?

Highlife Music is the rock-'n'-roll of Africa, and it all started in Ghana, West Africa. There is hardly a musical style which has not been fused with Highlife rhythms. This led to the genesis of Burger Highlife, a fusion of traditional music with disco and funk that was created in the recording studios of Düsseldorf and Berlin by Ghanaian musicians. Accompanied by music and interviews, the film tells the story of how this specific brand of fusion music came about. Top Burger Highlife stars, including George Darko, Lee Dodou, Pat Thomas, McGod, Bob Fiscian, Albert Jones, Nana Aboagye da Costa, Daddy Lumba, Nana Acheampong, Atongo Zimba and Nana Asamoah, John Collins and others, all present their hits. Since there is always more to music than the music itself, the documentary has also turned into a film about Ghana. Coinciding with two major Goethe-Institut concerts presented in Accra under the heading Made in Germany - Burger Highlife, the documentary WHO IS HIGHLIFE? was filmed in 2007 / 2008. Production Notes

with: George Darko, Lee Dodou, Bob Fiscian, Albert Jones, Daddy Lumba, Nana Acheampong, Collins Band, E.T. Mensah, Aaron Bebe Sukura