African popular music

"Afropop" redirects here. For the radio program, see Afropop Worldwide.

African popular music, like African traditional music, is vast and varied. Most contemporary genres of African popular music build on cross-pollination with western popular music. Many genres of popular music like blues, jazz, salsa zouk, and rumba derive to varying degrees on musical traditions from Africa, taken to the Americas by African slaves. These rhythms and sounds have subsequently been adapted by newer genres like rock, rhythm and blues. Likewise, African popular music has adopted elements, particularly the musical instruments and recording studio techniques of western music.[1]

Afropop

Afropop or Afro Pop is a term sometimes used to refer to contemporary African pop music. The term does not refer to a specific style or sound,[2] but is used as a general term to describe African popular music.

Genres

Genres of African popular music include:

References

  1. ^ Scaruffi, Piero. (2007). A History of Popular Music before Rock Music. ISBN 978-0-9765531-2-0
  2. ^ "African on your street: Glossary (BBC)"
Genres of African popular music
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