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Jama

Ga · Ga, Greater Accra (also popular among youth across Ghana) · Music/dance

Matczynski (2022) defines jama as group processional music performed at a rhythmic stamping, jogging pace during funerals, festivals and exercise sessions. An article in the Journal of the Musical Arts in Africa describes jàmá songs as an upbeat genre evoking neo-traditional Ga music, sung by youth in settings from church to political events.

Supporters sang jama songs as they jogged through the streets.

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