Afro-soul | |
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Stylistic origins | Jazz, Soul (especially African Music and Traditional Music) with a touch of Gospel and Reggae. |
Typical instruments | Drums, Guitar, Vocals and Background Vocals |
Derivative forms | Afro-pop |
Fusion genres | |
Soul and African Music | |
Local scenes | |
South Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, Cameroon, France and Nigeria |
Afro-soul is the term given to the music genre that is a fusion between soul music and African sound.
Its distinctive feature from any other African Music genre is the strong influence of vocals, mostly so of the lead singer, and emotions.
There is a very strong link between Afro-soul and other genres like Afro-Jazz, Afropean and Afrobeats.