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Palm‑wine is a coastal West African guitar music that grew out of informal gatherings in palm‑wine bars and sailors’ quarters along the Sierra Leone–Liberia–Ghana–Nigeria coastline. It is characterized by lilting, finger‑picked acoustic guitar patterns, relaxed mid‑tempo grooves, and conversational, often humorous storytelling lyrics delivered in local languages or pidgin. The style blends indigenous rhythms and call‑and‑response singing with elements sailors encountered abroad—especially sea shanties and Caribbean song forms—resulting in a light, danceable, and intimate sound sometimes known in Sierra Leone as maringa. Its small‑ensemble format (guitar, shakers, hand percussion, bottle, or spoons) and convivial feel made it the social soundtrack of coastal taverns, later seeding guitar‑band highlife and early juju in the region.