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It is a term used to describe the fusion between west african music and black american music

• Apala

• Afro beat

• Axe

• Kwassa-Kwassa

Created in yorobu style and used to wake up worshipers after fasting.

• Axe

• Juju

• Apala

• Jive

characterized by hard percussive sounds in zimbabwean music played on drums

• Marabi

• Jit

• Juju

• Axe

Fusion of the afro carribean styles of marcha raggae and calypso

• Kwassa-Kwassa

• Axe

• Afro beat

• Aks

It has a guitar accompaniment by mbira style

• Jit

• Marabi

• Kwassa-Kwassa

• Axe

Began in Zaire 1980s popularized by kinda bongo man

• Marabi

• Kwassa-Kwassa

• Jive

Lively uninhabited variation of jitterbug

• Jive

• Marabi

• Jit

• Apala

Traditional Yoruba rhythms a drum kit keyboard pedal steel guitar accordian used along with the traditional dun dun

• Sibidi

• Afrobeat

• Jit

• Juju

Three chord town ship music that evolved into African jazz

• Marabi

• Jit

• Juju

• Jit

Characterized by simple chords and varying vamping patterns and repetitive harmony

• African Harmony

• Jazz

• Marabi

• Jive