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Search Igbo highLife on Amazon.Igbo highlife is a contemporary musical genre which combines highlife and Igbo traditional music. The genre is primarily guitar-based music, with a rare characteristic blend of horns and vocal rhythms.^[1][2] Igbo highlife lyrics are sung mostly in Igbo with occasional infusion of Pidgin English.^[3] One of the most influential composers and performers of the music is Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe whose career spanned over 40 years.

Osadebe's discography comprises numerous popular songs including the 1984 hit "Osondi Owendi" which launched him on the world stage as a pioneer of the Igbo highlife genre.^[4]

Another prominent musician, Singer and guitarist Oliver De Coque is considered "one of the prime exemplars of and chief innovators in contemporary Igbo popular music." Coque was responsible for the increasing popularity of Igbo highlife with a deeper perspective of Igbo sounds being translated on the guitar.^&