Afro-Pop
Afropop or Afro Pop is a term sometimes used to refer to contemporary African pop music. The term does not refer to a specific style or sound, but is used as a general term to describe African popular music.
Genres of African popular music include:
Afrobeat Apala
Benga Bikutsi
Cape Jazz
Fuji music
Highlife
Isicathamiya
Jit Jùjú
Kwaito Kwela
Makossa Mbalax Mbaqanga Mbube Morna
Palm-wine
Raï
Sakara Soukous aka Congo, Lingala or African rumba
Taarab
Musicians of Afro Pop
Puerto Plata, Bassekou Kouyate, Ngoni Ba, Abdel Gadir Salim, Emmanuel Jal, Afro Celts,
Alex Konadu’s International Band, Ali Akbar Moradi, Kayhan Kalhor, Ali Boulo Santo, Hadja Kouyate, Ali Farka Touré, Ali Hassan Kuban, Alèmayèhu Eshèté, Mahmoud Ahmed, Alèmu Aga, Amadou et Mariam, Angelique Kidjo, Antibalas, Asnaqètch Wèrqu, Aurelio Martinez, Azzddine, Ba Cissoko, Baaba Maal.
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