People express their love with gifts or money

Music, says John, is a communion between players and audience or a meditation, not a way to get rich quick. Despite not being religious he sees the separatist churches in Ghana as benign, in contrast to the history of the multinational corporation known as the Catholic Church. Once upon a time only Palm Wine drunkards played guitar, times changed and now John teaches Ghanaian popular music at the University of Accra.

The archive of Highlife music at his house survived a flood and records a lifetime of musical evolution.

 Love and other inter-cultural misunderstandings in Ghana. The Prisma keeps talking to Collins.

The full article was first published in The Prisma Multicultural Newspaper on August 18th 2013 and can be read here: https://theprisma.co.uk/2013/08/18/john-collins-a-live-audience-dancing-is-all-you-need-in-the-world/