Considered both a music genre and a dance from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ndombolo is also popular in other African countries such as Madagascar, Tanzania, and Kenya. Afroswing is very successful derivative of dancehall and Afrobeats was developed in the United Kingdom during the mid-2010s, also known as Afrobashment. Descending from the French word secousse, which means to \u201cshock, jolt, or jerk,\u201d and 1960s Congolese rumba, Soukous is a celebrated genre of dance music from Congo-Kinshasha and Congo-Brazzaville. A style of house music that emerged out of South Africa, Amapiano \u2014 which in isiZulu and isiXhosa translates to \u201cthe pianos\u201d \u2014 is a combination of deep house, jazz, R&B, and lounge music. Locally pronounced in Nigeria as \u201cuhl-teh,\u201d Alt\u00e9 is taken from the word \u201calternative\u201d and describes how these artists excel in rebelling against mainstream categorization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
African music is taking over the world\u2019s airwaves, but most listeners aren\u2019t up to speed on the variety of styles represented by their favorite tunes. Grammy.com gives us a crash course in five of the top genres emanating from the continent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12963,"featured_media":13986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,31],"tags":[7,14,32],"class_list":{"0":"post-13989","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-music","9":"tag-apie-project","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"yoast_head":"\n