Editing Highlife (section)

=== Palm wine music ===
[[Palm-wine music]], also known as maringa in Sierra Leone, was one style that originated on coastal locations when local musicians began using portable instruments brought by traders and fused it with local string and percussion instruments. It was usually played in a syncopated [[4/4 beat|4/4 metre]]. This music was played in low class palm-wine bars at ports where sailors, dock workers, and working class locals would drink and listen to the music. Eventually this genre worked its way inland and a more Africanized version came containing 12/8 [[polyrhythm]]s, this would be known as the "Native Blues". This style would gain popularity up until [[World War II]] when production of the records was stopped.<ref name="Collins-1989">{{Cite journal|last=Collins|first=John|date=1989|title=The Early History of West African Highlife Music|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/931273|journal=Popular Music|volume=8|issue=3|pages=221–230|doi=10.1017/S0261143000003524|jstor=931273|issn=0261-1430}}</ref>