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Afrobeat
Afrobeat
- is a popular form of South African music featuring a lively and uninhibited variation of the jitterbug, a form of swing dance.
- A fusion of West African and Black American music. (correct)
- A genre from Nigeria's Yoruba tribe, typically played during Ramadan to wake worshippers after fasting. Instruments include the rattle (sekere), thumb piano (agidigbo), bell (agogo), and talking drums.
- is a popular musical genre from Salvador, Bahia, and Brazil. It fuses the Afro-Caribbean styles of the marcha, reggae, and calypso, and is played by carnival bands.
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Afrobeat Definition
Afrobeat Definition
A blend of West African and Black American musical styles.
