April 2020 - The embrace and fusion of American funk, soul, disco and psychedelic rock with African traditional styles makes for an exciting blend. Later on an interest in electronics and reggae rhythms also took hold. Of course the afrobeat movement was also huge and needs no introduction here. The 70s saw an explosion of recorded music from Africa which has been getting easier to get hold of in recent years due to good quality reissues. This is a small slice of sub-Saharan African rhythms from that period.
