Joromi

Joromi

Joromi is a fashion term from Ghana. It can mean

* the style of an embroidered blouse or jerkin [http://www.azuma-home.jp/labadi/joromi.jpg]
* a style of high-life music popularised by Sir Victor Uwaifo [http://64.176.63.88/catalog/images/joromi.gif]

Joromi is a wrestler from Benin-City [Nigeria] folklore. The hit record by Victor Uwaifo was about the wrestler being told that he was in danger of engaging in one bout too many as he was now about to wrestle in the afterworld.


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  • African popular music — Introduction       body of music that emerged in Africa in the 1960s, mixing indigenous influences with those of Western popular music. By the 1980s the audience for African popular music had expanded to include Western listeners.       In common …   Universalium

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