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afrobeat

noun

Etymology

From Afro- + beat.

  1. derived from *bautaną✻ — “to push, strike”
  2. derived from *bautan✻
  3. derived from bēatan — “to beat, pound, strike, lash, dash, thrust, hurt, injure”
  4. inherited from beten
  5. prefixed as afrobeat — “Afro + beat”

Definitions

  1. Music that combines West African musical styles (such as traditional Yoruba music and…

    Music that combines West African musical styles (such as traditional Yoruba music and highlife) with American funk, jazz, and soul influences, with a focus on chanted vocals, complex intersecting rhythms, and percussion.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of afrobeat.

    • Cousin-Brother-in-Law comes out humming a seventies Nigerian Afrobeat hit.

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