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Afrobeat
- Genre family
- African Popular Music
- 1990s recordings
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Meet Afrobeat
Afrobeat is a branch of the African Popular Music family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Afrobeat is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Matata.
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Its place in the genre family
Parent genreAfrican Popular Music
Current genreAfrobeat
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1990s · East Africa · Afrobeat
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
1 recordings1990s starting recordings
KEY ARTISTS
1990s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
1990s albums
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