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Afrobeat (also
known as
Afrofunk) is a West
African music genre,
fusing influences from
Yoruba music and
Ghanaian music (such as highlife), with American...
- with electronica, dub, R&B, and rap.
Allen refers to this
synthesis as
afrofunk.
Allen returned with a much anti****ted new
project for his 13th release...
- time the
genre has
grown to
include elements from
other genres such as
afrofunk, soul,
Armenian jazz, and
Latin rhythms. The
genre originated in the 1950s...
- Sila and the
Afrofunk Experience is an
Afrofunk band
formed in 2003. As a
child growing up in Kenya, Sila
Mutungi discovered Western music through his...
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Chopteeth is a Washington, D.C.–based
afrofunk big-band.
Although rooted in Fela Kuti's
Nigerian afrobeat, Chopteeth's
music is an
amalgam of Ghanaian...
- is a 13-piece band
based in Lagos, Nigeria.
Their music is a
fusion of
Afrofunk, Afrobeat,
highlife and
Yoruba music. The
group features multi-instrumentalists...
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British music journalist specialising in
Jamaican music,
reggae afrobeat and
afrofunk. De
Koningh wrote books,
articles and
reviews in UK
musical magazines (Record...
- artwork, costumes, adverti****ts, and
stage banter. P-Funk's "Dr.
Seussian afrofunk" is
often cited as a
critical component of the Afro****urism movement. George...
- 2020(2020-03-24) (aged 86) Melun,
France Genres Makossa,
African rumba,
afrofunk/afrobeat, jazz,
traditional Occupation(s) Musician,
songwriter Instrument(s)...
- Kuti's
compositions and the work of electric-era
Miles Davis, Sly
Stone and
Afrofunk pioneer Orlando Julius. Kuti's band was
notable for
featuring two baritone...
