Usually means: African music blending jazz, funk.
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  1. Afrobeat: Merriam-Webster
  2. Afrobeat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Afrobeat, afrobeat: Wordnik
  4. Afrobeat, afrobeat: Wiktionary
  5. Afrobeat: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. afrobeat: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  7. Afrobeat: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Afrobeat: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Afrobeat)

noun:  (music) 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.
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of afrobeat. [(music) 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.]

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