아프로비트
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Afrobeat (also known as Afrofunk) is a West African music genre, fusing influences from Nigerian (such as Yoruba) and Ghanaian (such as highlife) music with American funk, jazz, and soul influences. With a focus on chanted vocals, complex intersecting rhythms, and percussion, the style was pioneered in the 1960s by Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Kuti, who popularised it both within and outside Nigeria. At the height of his popularity, he was referred to as one of Africa's most "challenging and charismatic music performers."
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Within Vinony's link graph, 아프로비트 is referenced by 1,493 other articles, and connects out to funk, Fela Kuti and African popular music.
It is catalogued under topics including 20th-century music genres, 21st-century music genres and African popular music.
Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Music genre.name
- Afrobeat
- Music genre.cultural_origins
- 1960s, Nigeria
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- music genre
- Subclass of
- music of West Africa
- Image
- Kalakuta Queens.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Afrobeat
- Commons category
- Afrobeat
- inception
- 1970-00-00
- different from
- Afrobeats
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