Definition of "highlife" []

• Informal An extravagant or luxurious style of living. (noun)
• Popular West African dance music that combines African rhythms and Western-style pop melodies. (noun)

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• "Paid sex, lies and online videoclips in Bulgarian highlife fill the pages of local media"
• "I loved how in Burkina and Mali traditional music was still very much prominent in the peoples music taste .. in Ghana there is a booming "highlife" music industry which is more hip hop / pop sound but I still think nothing can compare to the traditional sound."
• "We were surprised to find the place busy with a live highlife band playing for a private gathering."