Afrobeat
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Afrobeat is a noun meaning (music) Music that combines West African musical styles (such as traditional Yoruba music and highlife) with American funk, jazz, and soul influences, with a focus on chanted vocals, complex intersecting rhythms, and percussion.
Meaning
(music) Music that combines West African musical styles (such as traditional Yoruba music and highlife) with American funk, jazz, and soul influences, with a focus on chanted vocals, complex intersecting rhythms, and percussion.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include technofunk, funk, jazz-funk, afrofuturist, electrofunk, fuji.
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