Sons of the sound: How Mfanstsipim incubated and nurtured Ghana’s contemporary gospel
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Contemporary gospel music started in Ghana during the early 1970s. This marked a major shift in the nation's Christian music. Churches previously used hymns, anthems, and indigenous songs. Some conservative evangelicals viewed electric guitars, disco, soul, and rock as worldly.
Contemporary gospel music emerged in Ghana in the early 1970s, marking a major development in the country’s Christian music. Churches had long used hymns, anthems, cantatas, indigenous songs and some western instruments, yet many conservative evangelicals still regarded rock, soul, disco and electric guitars as worldly.