It evolved among the Kru people of Liberia and Sierra Leone, who used Portuguese guitars brought by sailors, combining local melodies and rhythms with Trinidadian calypso to create a "light, easy, lilting style".
[3][4] It would initially work its way inland where it would adopt a more traditional style than what was played in coastal areas.
[5] His Master's Voice and Parlophone Records distributed albums of the Akan blues in southern Ghana.
[8] At its peak of popularity in the 1930s, there would be about 200,000 Native Blues records sold per year before production was stopped due to World War II.
Agya Koo Nimo is another renowned Ghanaian singer who is popularly referred to as the "King of Palm-wine music".