Performance

Afrobeats

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Afrobeats names a modern West African pop continuum that took shape across Nigeria, Ghana, and the diaspora, then traveled into global circulation. In New York City, it has moved from club DJ sets and community parties into major institutions, marking a shift in who gets heard on formal stages. At Jazz at Lincoln Center, the music is approached through a jazz lens, with big-band arranging and improvisation foregrounding its rhythmic design. One irony remains: a term built to hold many local styles can flatten them when presented as a single genre.