Musicians and singers of modern African popular music, including Afrobeat, created in Nigeria by mixing West African rhythms with American funk and jazz, and Afropop and related styles from Senegal and South Africa. A performer belongs here when the cited article names Afrobeat, Afropop or the related popular style. It excludes jazz performers and the Latin and Arab traditions, which have their own groups.
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Wikipedia: Fela Kuti
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He is regarded as the principal innovator of Afrobeat, a Nigerian music genre that combines West African music with American funk and jazz.
Wikipedia: Miriam Makeba
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Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she was an advocate against apartheid and white-minority government in South Africa.
Wikipedia: Youssou N'Dour
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N'Dour helped develop a style of popular Senegambian music known as mbalax, a genre that has sacred origins in the Serer music njuup tradition and ndut initiation ceremonies.
Wikipedia: Salif Keita
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Music of Africa, African Afro-pop Music of Mali, Malian Music of West Africa, West African World music, world worldbeat
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