This article is about the 1960s genre defined by Fela Kuti. For the 21st century genre of West African pop music, see Afrobeats.
Afrobeat is a combination of American funk rhythms fused with African percussion and vocal styles, popularized in Africa in the mid to late 1960s. Afrobeat's most famous artist is the Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Kuti.