Afrobeat is a combination of Yoruba music, jazz, and funk rhythms, fused with African percussion and vocal styles, popularized in Africa in the mid to late 1960s.

Afrobeat's most famous artist was the Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Kuti, who coined the term Afrobeat, constructed the musical structure and shaped the political context of the genre. He launched afrobeat in Lagos in 1968.

Afrobeat also has influences from high-life music, a style of African pop-jazz. Kuti had earlier played this type of music with the Koola Lobitos band.

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Algún ecuatoriano/a que escuche a Fela Kuti?? #afrobeat
pgarzon (Pablo Garzon) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:49:47 -0000
Algún ecuatoriano/a que escuche a Fela Kuti?? #afrobeat
Freshly Baked: French Fries - http://bit.ly/8y293D #dancehall #afrobeat #realtalk
hotbizzies (Hot Bizzies (Kyle)) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:55:14 -0000
Freshly Baked: French Fries - http://bit.ly/8y293D #dancehall #afrobeat #realtalk
The DMC Audio Specialist Rose Burt will perform with the Baltimore Afrobeat Society on Fri. Dec 11 and Sat. Dec 12... http://bit.ly/6ltKSS
JerseyGinger (Rachel Epstein) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:46:17 -0000
The DMC Audio Specialist Rose Burt will perform with the Baltimore Afrobeat Society on Fri. Dec 11 and Sat. Dec 12... http://bit.ly/6ltKSS
got that afrobeat brazilian-cape verdean thang.
eltocino (John Speck) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:35:58 -0000
got that afrobeat brazilian-cape verdean thang.
@malungu no sarajevo um pouco de tudo ..rock 80' 90' , sambarock , maracatu , drum'm bass , rock pop e afrobeat
stuchiju (Ju Stuchi) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:49:56 -0000
@malungu no sarajevo um pouco de tudo ..rock 80' 90' , sambarock , maracatu , drum'm bass , rock pop e afrobeat
Blue Art Hill's　～丘の上の×××～ : 『IKEA』: http://afrobeat.exblog.jp/12437068/
SJ_SHINE (SJ-SHINE) Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:16:28 -0000
Blue Art Hill's　～丘の上の×××～ : 『IKEA』: http://afrobeat.exblog.jp/12437068/

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