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  "slug": "kwame-asare",
  "name": "Kwame Asare",
  "description": "Kwame Asare appears once in our Highlife list, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/kwame-asare/",
  "appearanceCount": 1,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1928,
    "last": 1928
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 1,
    "list": "Highlife"
  },
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    {
      "kind": "genre",
      "slug": "highlife",
      "name": "Highlife",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/highlife/",
      "entries": 1
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackKey": "kwame-asare--yaa-amponsah",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/kwame-asare--yaa-amponsah/",
      "title": "Yaa Amponsah",
      "year": 1928,
      "label": "Zonophone",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Recorded in London with the Kumasi Trio, and the first Ghanaian highlife on record. Its finger-picked guitar figure became a rhythm other musicians simply refer to by name.",
      "alsoOn": [],
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          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Kwame%20Asare%20Yaa%20Amponsah",
          "exact": false
        },
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          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=F09XX2CgVc4",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 1,
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        "slug": "highlife",
        "name": "Highlife",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/highlife/"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "curates": null
}