Afro fusion

Not to be confused with Afrobeat or Afrobeats.

Afro fusion
Other names
  • Afrofusion
  • afro-fusion
Stylistic origins
Cultural origins1970s–1980s, South Africa
Typical instruments
Other topics

Afro fusion (also spelled afrofusion or afro-fusion)[1][2] is a dance and musical style that emerged between the 1970s and 2000s.[a] In the same way as the dance style, the musical style invokes fusions of various regional and inter-continental musical cultures, such as jazz, hip hop, kwaito, reggae, soul, pop, kwela, blues, folk, rock and afrobeat.[b]

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