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African Popular Music

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1980s recordings
5
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Meet African Popular Music

African Popular Music is a genre connected to a wider network of artists, recordings and musical traditions.

The clearest way to understand African Popular Music is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.

Begin with Thione Seck, Toumani Diabaté and Fela Kuti.

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1980s · Africa · African Popular Music

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1980s starting recordings

5 recordings
01I Go Shout Plenty1986 · AfrobeatOpen in new tab 02Bamba1980 · Mbalax · mbalaxOpen in new tab 03Dioule Lawar1980 · Mbalax · mbalaxOpen in new tab 04Gambia1980 · Mbalax · mbalaxOpen in new tab 05Just Like That1989 · Afrobeat · afrobeatOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS

1980s artists

Artist·Mbalax

Thione Seck

Artist·West African Traditional Music

Toumani Diabaté

Artist·Afrobeat

Fela Kuti

Artist·Afrobeat

Orlando Julius

Artist·Afrobeat

Africa 70

ESSENTIAL ALBUMS

1980s albums

Chauffer Bi cover
Album·1980

Chauffer Bi

I Go Shout Plenty!!! cover
Album·1986

I Go Shout Plenty!!!

Beasts of No Nation cover
Album·1989

Beasts of No Nation

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