AFROBEAT

Afrobeat is a music genre that involves the combination of elements of West African musical styles such as fuji music and highlife with American jazz and later soul and funk influences, with a focus on chanted vocals, complex intersecting rhythms, and percussion. 

Derivative forms: Afrobeats

Stylistic origins: Highlife; fuji music; jazz; soul; funk

Typical instruments: Bass guitar; congas; drums; guitar; horns; Hammond organ; keyboard; percussion; saxophone; shekere; vocals;