Afrobeat (also known as Afrofunk) is a Nigerian genre, fusing influences from fuji, juju, jazz, highlife, funk and soul. With a focus on chanted vocals...
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Afrobeats, not to be confused with Afrobeat or Afroswing, is an umbrella term to describe popular music from West Africa and the diaspora that initially...
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Tony Allen (musician) (section Afrobeat to Afrofunk)
was one of the founders of the Afrobeat genre. Fela once stated that "without Tony Allen, there would be no Afrobeat". He was described by Brian Eno...
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musician and political activist. He is regarded as the principal innovator of Afrobeat, a Nigerian music genre that combines West African music with American...
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Newen Afrobeat is an Afrobeat band that started in 2009 in Chile. Newen Afrobeat revisits Fela Kuti's musical heritage. The word Newén means 'strength'...
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Afrobeats The Backstory is a UK/Nigerian documentary series that premiered on Netflix, . It narrates and explores the establishment and progress of the...
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Afrobeat: New Black British Fiction was a 1999 anthology of Black British writing edited by Patsy Antoine. It was published in London by Pulp Faction....
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The U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart is a standard record chart, ranking the most popular Afrobeats songs in the United States and it is published weekly by...
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rapper Aramide – Afro-Jazz singer Ara – singer and talking drummer Asake – Afrobeat, Afropop, amapiano Asuquomo – musician Aṣa – R&B, country and pop singer-songwriter...
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Ebo Taylor (category Afrobeats musicians)
composer, bandleader, record producer and arranger focusing on highlife and afrobeat music. Ebo Taylor has been a pivotal figure on the Ghanaian music scene...
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