About Afrobeat

Afrobeat (without the sAfrobeats is a different genre) is a genre pioneered in Nigeria and Ghana. The genre is predominantly an instrumental, big band type genre, with heavy influences from American jazz music.


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Afrobeat is often confused with other genres. Particularly afrobeats, and Afroswing/AfroBashment artists are regularly referred to as “afrobeat”. They are however easy to tell apart:

As an example, compare Fela Kuti – Zombies (Afrobeat) to Maleek Berry – Kontrol (Afrobeats) and J Hus – Fisherman (Afroswing / AfroBashment). There’s a clear difference!

Afrobeat is a big band based genre, very instrumental and with heavy jazz influences.

Afrobeats on the other hand is the name applied to contemporary West African pop music, being made both in West Africa and by the African diaspora elsewhere, most notably the UK.

Afroswing / AfroBashment is a genre born in the UK. It is more melodic, and chill oriented than Afrobeats, similar to Dancehall.

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