Sons of the sound: How Mfanstsipim incubated and nurtured Ghana’s contemporary gospel

Source: MyJoyOnline · 2026-11-07T04:27:55.000Z · Entertainment

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.

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