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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Music that combines West African musical styles (such as traditional Yoruba music and highlife) with American funk, jazz, and soul influences, with a focus on chanted vocals, complex intersecting rhythms, and percussion. uncountable
2. 2
   Alternative letter-case form of afrobeat. alt-of, uncountable

   "Cousin-Brother-in-Law comes out humming a seventies Nigerian Afrobeat hit."

Example

More examples

"Cousin-Brother-in-Law comes out humming a seventies Nigerian Afrobeat hit."

Etymology

From Afro- + beat.

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