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Numbers of Music Genres in Africa

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Afro Beats In Africa - Music Genres In Africa

Music genres are plentiful on this continent. Here’s a short list of just a few of them:

Afrobeat
Fela Kuti created Afrobeat by fusing traditional Nigerian music, jazz and highlife. Today, it is often mixed with hip hop or makossa and well known even outside Africa.

Apala
Apala is a percussion-based style of the Muslim Yoruba people in Nigeria, West Africa.

Assiko
Assiko is a rhythmic dance from Cameroon.

Bikutsi
This dance music developped from the traditional music of the Beti in Cameroon. The sexy dance moves remind of the popular Mapouka from the Ivory Coast.

Benga music
Popular music in Kenya. The electric bass guitar imitates the melodies of the traditional Kenyan eight-string lyre called Nyatiti.

Bongo Flava (Tanzania)

Cabo-Love (Cape Verde)

Chimurenga music
Popular style from Zimbabwe. The melodies played by modern instruments are based on the traditional Mbira music of the Shona people.

Coladeira (Cape Verde)

Coupé-Decalé
Pop music from the Ivory Coast/France with danceable percussion and deep bass. This style is said to help Ivorians through tough times and difficult political situations.

Desert Blues
The people living in the Sahara desert have been making blues music long before it got famous in the West. This sounds absolutely brilliant!

Fuji
Popular music genre from Nigeria, based on traditional Muslim Yoruba music.

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Wizkid The Big Starboy We All Know In Africa

By admin on Jan 08, 2020 in Africa , African Music Beats , Afro Beat , Beats Producers , Music Beats Makers , Naija Music , Nigeria , Song Writters - 0 Comments

Wizkid Afro Beat Singer - Buy Afro Music Beat Online in Nigeria AfricaWizkid although started this music journey with his group of friends in church at that time they released a music project. Sooner or later the music group he formed crashed.

In 2008, he met with now late producer, OJB who prevented him from recording a studio song for a year. OJB later went to his home to plead with his parents to allow him make music. While being close to OJB, Wizkid watched then biggest artist like 2Baba, Sound Sultan record their music projects in OJB’s studios.

Wizkid was mentored and coached by then popular rapper, Naeto C.

Wiz for sometime was a studio rat. In 2009, the door finally opened for him. He inked a recording deal with Bankole Wellington a.k.a Banky W’s Empire Mates Entertainment after he co-wrote “Omoge You Too Much”, a song from Banky W.’s [i]The W Experience[/i] album.

Way before the deal happened, Wizkid worked with Naeto C, Ikechukwu and M.I while developing his craft. He then dropped out of Lagos State University and got admitted to Lead City University but later left after completing two sessions.

In 2010, he dropped his debut song which later turned to a massive hit under Empire Mates Entertainment, “Holla At Your Boy. That song later bagged him the highly covered Next Rated award at that year’s Headies Award.

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Burna Boy Of Nigeria Africa

By admin on Jan 04, 2020 in Africa , African Music Beats , Afro Beat , Afrobeats , Burna Boy , Naija Music , Nigeria - 0 Comments

Burna Boy Afro Hit Man - Africa Music Beat ShopDamini Ebunoluwa Ogulu (born 2 July 1991), known professionally as Burna Boy, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence in 2012 after releasing “Like to Party”, the lead single from his debut studio album L.I.F.E (2013). In 2017, Burna Boy signed with Bad Habit/Atlantic Records in the United States and Warner Music Group internationally. His third studio album Outside (2018) marked his major-label debut. In 2019, he won Best International Act at the 2019 BET Awards. He was also announced as Apple Music’s Up Next artist. His fourth studio album African Giant was released in July 2019.

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Folk Music Beat

By admin on Jan 21, 2017 in African Music Beats , Music , Music Beats Makers , Naija Music - 0 Comments

folk song, music of anonymous composition, transmitted orally. The theory that folk songs were originally group compositions has been modified in recent studies. These assume that the germ of a folk melody is produced by an individual and altered in transmission into a group-fashioned expression.

National and ethnic individuality can be seen in folk music, even in the case of songs transplanted from one country to another. There is scarcely any people whose folk song is wholly indigenous, and among notable cases of transplanting is the English ballad found in various parts of the United States.

Many of these were collected in the late 19th cent. by Francis Child and in the early 20th cent. by Cecil Sharp. In addition, many American folk songs are of other European or African origin. Americans occasionally consider as folk songs certain songs of traceable authorship, e.g., “Dixie.”

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African Popular Music Beats

By admin on Jan 27, 2016 in Afrobeats , Azonto , Hip Hop Beats , Kukere , Makossa , Naija Music , Rumba Beat - 0 Comments

Afro BeatFrom early in the 21st century, a new type of sound, originating in West Africa, has become increasingly prominent in African popular music. This sound was initially referred to simply as ‘Naija music’ after the common slang term for Nigeria but has become known as Afrobeats.

This name echo’sAfrobeat, the 1970s fusion of jazz and traditional Ghanaian and Nigerian music which is an important influence, but Afrobeats is a largely different style combining influences from Congolese rumba, hip hop and dancehall. Early hits included “African Queen” by 2face Idibia (2004) and “No One Like You” by P-Square (2007).

More recently the Azonto style of dance from Ghana has become closely associated with Afrobeats and more up-tempo songs have become popular. More recent hits include “Bumper2Bumper” by Wande Coal (2008), “Oleku” by Ice Prince (2010) and “Kukere” by Iyanya (2011).

Since 2012, Afrobeats have gained mainstream recognition outside of Africa, especially within the UK. UK hits have included “Oliver Twist” by D’banjwhich reached 9 in the UK singles charts in 2012, and “Million Pound Girl (Badder Than Bad)” by the British artist Fuse ODG which reached 5 in the UK singles charts in 2014. Afrobeats nightclubs are now primary features of UK’s nightlife with clubs opening in most major cities.

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