The West African music genre known as Afrobeats has developed a tremendous global following, and it has catapulted numerous African artists to stardom. In the process, however, the styles of many of these artists have evolved beyond the confines of Afrobeats, resulting in many of them feeling limited by the term. On a much more general scale, this select but impactful push back against Afrobeats also stems from the plain fact that there’s no spiritual connection between the term and the music it’s supposed to represent. To be…
