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Meaning of afrobeat




John Rene Plaut

afrobeat
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AFROBEAT Combination of Yoruba music, jazz, highlife, and funk, popularized in Africa in the 70s. Nigerian artisla and multi-instrumentalist Fela Kuti coined the term and formed the musical structure and political context of the genre.

  



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