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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. | Sub Categories 1 |
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Apala | Apala is a percussion-based style of the Muslim Yoruba people in Nigeria, West Africa. | Sub Categories 0 |
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Assiko | Assiko is a rhythmic dance from Cameroon. | Sub Categories 0 |
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Benga music | Popular music in Kenya. The electric bass guitar imitates the melodies of the traditional Kenyan eight-string lyre called Nyatiti. | Sub Categories 0 |
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Bikutsi | his dance music developed from the traditional music of the Beti in Cameroon. The sexy dance moves remind of the popular Mapouka from the Ivory Coast. | Sub Categories 0 |
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Bongo Flava | From Tanzania | Sub Categories 0 |
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Cabo-Love | Cape Verde | Sub Categories 0 |
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Chimurenga music | Popular style from Zimbabwe. The melodies played by modern instruments are based on the traditional Mbira music of the Shona people. | Sub Categories 0 |
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Coladeira | From Cape Verde | Sub Categories 0 |
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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. | Sub Categories 0 |
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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! | Sub Categories 0 |
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Fuji | Popular music genre from Nigeria, based on traditional Muslim Yoruba music. | Sub Categories 0 |
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Funana | Music style and dance from Cape Verde based on the accordeon. | Sub Categories 0 |
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Gbema | From Liberia | Sub Categories 0 |
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Highlife | Highlife is a genre from Ghana and popular in all of English-speaking West Africa. | Sub Categories 0 |
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Hipco (Liberia) | Sub Categories 0 |
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Isicathamiya | Harmonious and gentle a cappella sung by all male choirs from the South African Zulu. | Sub Categories 0 |
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Kizomba | Kizomba means "party" in an Angolan language. The same named dance style is becoming increasingly popular in Europe and North America. | Sub Categories 0 |
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Kwaito | South Africa's black youth loves this new mix of house music and African sounds | Sub Categories 0 |
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Kwassa Kwassa (Congo) | Sub Categories 0 |
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Makossa | his urban dance music from the capital city of Cameroon reminds of Soukous. | Sub Categories 0 |
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Mapouka (Ivory Coast) | Sub Categories 0 |
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Maringa (Sierra Leone) | Sub Categories 0 |
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Mbalax | Senegal's most popular music style. Mbalax is a brilliant fusion of traditional griot praise songs and sabar rhythms with modern Western elements. | Sub Categories 0 |
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Morna | Melancholic music style from Cape Verde. | Sub Categories 0 |
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Ndombolo (Congo) | Sub Categories 0 |
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Palm-Wine Music (Liberia) | Sub Categories 0 |
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Semba | Music style from Angola. This music and partner dance is the origin of the increasingly popular Kizomba music and dance style. | Sub Categories 0 |
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Soukous (Congo) | Sub Categories 0 |
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Taarab (Kenya/Tanzania) | Sub Categories 0 |
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Tcha tcho | This Congolese dance music was created by Koffi Olimide. It's a more sensual and melancholic subform of Soukous. | Sub Categories 0 |
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TrapCo (Liberia) | Sub Categories 0 |
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