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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Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra - Official site of New York City group. Contains news, mp3s, message forums, photos, and links.
Slipcue.Com Guide To Afrobeat Music - Annotated discography of major Afrobeat albums and compilation records, with reviews by Joe Sixpack.
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