Afropop (Musique populaire africaine)

Musique populaire africaine moderne influencée par les pop américaines

Afropop (African popular music)

Afropop (or African pop music) is a broad term designating modern African popular music influenced by Western pop styles. It encompasses various sub-genres: highlife, soukous, mbalax, juju, and many others. It is an umbrella term used internationally to refer to urban music from sub-Saharan Africa that combines local instruments and modern sounds.

Afropop truly emerges with African independence (1960s), when electrified urban orchestras fuse traditional rhythms, Latin-Caribbean influences, and Western pop. Great orchestras like African Jazz (Grand Kalle), TPOK Jazz (Franco), Bembeya Jazz (Guinea), Star Band de Dakar, and Orchestre Baobab (Senegal) define this sound.

Afropop also includes more recent productions by artists like Salif Keita (Mali), Ali Farka Touré, Manu Dibango (Cameroon), Angélique Kidjo (Benin), and the Nigerian afrobeats movement.

References

Countries

Nigeria Côte d'Ivoire

Artists

Ayra Starr

Ayra Starr
Magic System

Magic System