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The music culture that I find fascinating is the Afrobeats. Afrobeats music genre emerged when some of the West African music transpired around the world. It further
developed when the African music gained influence from Black American musicians and led to a compelling hybrid culture of sound. The music style emerged from the creation of a Nigerian artist Fela Kuti who -with his band known as Africa 70 - created a rhythmic blend of West African beats (made up of Nigerian and Ghanaian) with American Soul, jazz and funk (Masterclass Staff, 2022). I chose this topic because of its unique blend of West African artists and Black American Artists. Besides the music being so fascinating and nice to listen, it is also a
current trend. The genre is continuously gaining popularity all over the world with different artists joining in with different tastes of music. Different features of Afrobeats musics have made me think of finding more about the genre. Firstly, the genre has been curved out from Nigerian music of the late 70s (Masterclass Staff, 2022). Secondly, the political side of Afrobeats fascinates me because Kuti sang different tracks criticizing the human rights records of both Nigeria and the United states. The History of Kuti himself is also a major interest. I think I will be able to find out more information on Afrobeats because there are
multiple websites and books that contain relevant and well researched information on the topic. The Masterclass staff have most of the information I need. Taylor Emmanuel Adeniyi’s article on Pushing the boundaries of a music genre also has a lot
about the topic Adeniyi
, 2020)
. There are a lot of live performances going on Afrobeats these days especially because the music is on trend. Multiple websites like youtube and facebook share live performances. Chances are that I can also watch a live performances if at all the
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performers come around. There are various Djs who have collected a lot of music of the same genre (DjPerez, 2022). I will try to find an Afrobeat for an interview. There are multiple options I can use to find out about their music. There are interviews that have already been conducted in the past. Some of the questions I’d like to find their answers include:
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What do you know about the origin of Afrobeats?
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Do you think Fela was inspired by the problem of race inequality faced by blacks in America?
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References
Adeniyi, E. (2020). Nigerian afrobeats and religious stereotypes: pushing the boundaries of a music genre beyond the locus of libertinism.
Contemporary music review
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(1), 59-90.
Masterclass Staff, M. (2022). Guide to Afrobeat Music: A Brief History of Afrobeat. Retrieved 14 July 2022, from https://www.masterclass.com/articles/afrobeat-music-
guide#what-is-afrobeat
DjPerez, D. (2022). Afrobeats Mix. Retrieved 14 July 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/c/DJPEREZ
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