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Benin has played an important role in the African music scene, producing one of the biggest stars to come out of the continent in Angélique Kidjo. Post-independence, the country was home to a vibrant and innovative music scene, where native folk music combined with Ghanaian highlife, French cabaret, American rock, funk and soul, and Congolese ...
The following list of Beninese artists (in alphabetical order by last name) includes artists of various genres, who are notable and are either born in Benin, of Beninese descent or who produce works that are primarily about Benin.
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Edo funk is a musical style from Benin City, Edo State, created in the early 1970s. [1] The Edo Funk music genre is a cosmopolitan popular dance music with integrating elements from the native Edo culture and fusing them with new sound effects coming from Nigerian night-clubs. [1]
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Yoruba music is the pattern/style of music practiced by the Yoruba people of Nigeria, Togo, and Benin. It is perhaps best known for its extremely advanced drumming tradition and techniques, especially using the gongon [ 1 ] hourglass shape tension drums .
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Ewe music, the music of the Ewe people of Ghana, Togo and Benin, is primarily percussive with great metrical complexity. Ewe drumming ensembles produce dance music and have contributed popular styles such as agbadza and borborbor, a konkomba/highlife fusion of the 1950s. The related Aja people are native to south-western Benin and south-eastern ...