Afro-soul
Afro-soul is a music genre that is a fusion between soul music and African sound. Its distinctive feature from any other African Music genre is the emotional vocals, especially of the lead singer.
There is a very strong link between Afro-soul and other genres like Afro-Jazz, Afropean and Afrobeats.Notable musicians
- Miriam Makeba, a Grammy Award-winning South African singer and civil rights activist
- Zahara, the South African recently discovered music prodigy
- Amanda Black, multi award winning songstress from South Africa
- Simphiwe Dana, praised as "the best thing to happen to Afro-soul music since Miriam Makeba"
- Muma Gee, Nigerian singer
- Scelo Gowane, South African singer
- Siphokazi, a South African artist
- Les Nubians, the French born sisters who are Afropean music singers
- The Budos Band
- K'naan
- Ginger Johnson
- Doug Kazé, Nigerian singer-songwriter
- Manu Dibango, from Cameroon
- Nomfusi, South African artist
- Lekan Babalola