Afro-soul is a music genre with African characteristics of soul music.Afro soul is also defined as a genre of music consisting of other genres of music or sometimes a constituent of another genre of music.
Afrosoul is observed to consist of intense emotional vocals, most especially of the lead singer. As mentioned earlier, there is a very strong connection between Afro-soul and other genres like Afrojazz, Afrohouse, Afrotech, Amapiano, Afrobeats and gqom.
As unique as Afro-soul could be, it consists of a number of factors which makes it a soul music. These include Jazz, Soul, African music, traditional music and gospel reggae and requires the use of instruments like….. to harness it’s conveyance to all music lovers.
Why is Soul Music so powerful ?
Soul music is a type of music that showcases the intense and passionate vocalizing, potent rhythms and honest lyrics.
Sam Cooke’s soaring vocals and significance as a musician earned him the golden name, the King of Soul. He is cited as the inventor of this music genre and credited as one who brought Gospel music to light.
The Queen of Soul music ?
Aretha Franklin , a talented singer is regarded the queen of soul music.She is a singer, songwriter, a pianist and a Civil Rights Activist. Her multi octave vocal range moved millions of people around the world during an expensive career that spanned six decades.
Musicians involved in Afro-soul music.
Miriam Makeba
Zahara
Simphiwe Dana
Nathi Mankari
Lira
Muma Gee
All these marvelous artists are adding their quota to promote soul music in the music industry at large. The never dying zeal of female musicians not excluding the virile artists convey soul music to the world.
written by Ruth Ama Onumah
