Afrobeat (wanda aka fi sani da Afrofunk) nau'Irin kiɗa ne na Najeriya wanda ya haɗa da haɗuwa da salon kiɗa na Yammacin Afirka daga galibi Najeriya kamar gargajiya na Yoruba da Igbo da kuma rayuwa mai girma tare da tasirin funk, jazz, da rai na Amurka. Tare [1] mayar da hankali kan muryoyin murya, rikitarwa masu rikitarwa, da murya. Wannan salon ya fara ne a cikin shekarun 1960s daga dan wasan Najeriya da kuma jagoran ƙungiyar Fela Kuti, wanda aka fi sani da fadada salon a ciki da waje da Najeriya. lokacin da ya shahara, an kira shi daya daga cikin "masu kalubalantar kiɗa da masu ban sha'awa" a Afirka.[2][3][4]
Ya bambanta da Afrobeat shine Afrobeats, haɗuwa da sautunan da suka samo asali a Yammacin Afirka a karni na 21. yana gida tasiri daban-daban kuma haɗuwa ce mai ban sha'awa na nau'o'i kamar hip hop, house, jùjú, ndombolo, R&B, soca, da Dancehall. Wadannan nau'[5]'in biyu, ko da yake sau da yawa ana haɗa su, ba daidai ba ne kamar yadda Afrobeat kawai haɗin afrobeats ne.[6][7][8][9][10][11]
Seun Kuti a lokacin wasan kwaikwayon Afrobeat
↑Grass, Randall F. "Fela AnikulaThe Art of an Afrobeat Rebel". The Drama Review: TDR. MIT Press. 30: 131–148.