Afro-soul

Afro-soul
Stylistic origins	Jazz, Soul (especially African Music and Traditional Music) with a touch of Gospel and Reggae.
Typical instruments	Drums, Guitar, Vocals and Background Vocals
Derivative forms	Afro-pop
Fusion genres
Soul and African Music
Local scenes
South Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, Cameroon, France and Nigeria

Afro-soul is the term given to the music genre that is a fusion between soul music and African sound.

Its distinctive feature from any other African Music genre is the strong influence of vocals, mostly so of the lead singer, and emotions.

There is a very strong link between Afro-soul and other genres like Afro-Jazz, Afropean and Afrobeats.^[1]

Notable musicians

Miriam Makeba,^[2] a Grammy Award-winning South African singer and civil rights activist^[3]
Zahara,^[4] the South African recently discovered music prodigy^[5]
Simphiwe Dana,^[6] praised as "the best thing to happen to Afro-soul music since Miriam Makeba"^[2]
Muma Gee, Nigerian singer
Siphokazi, a South African artist^[7]
Les Nubians, the French born sisters who are Afropean music singers^[8]
The Budos Band^[9]
K'naan^[10]
Ginger Johnson^[11]
Manu+Dibango, from Cameroon^[12]
Nomfusi, South African artist^[13]
Lekan Babalola^[14]