Afro-electro  

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Afro-electro refers to a minor eighties musical genre which combined drum machines with African music. Hector Zazou's groundbreaking 1983 album Noir Et Blanc (recorded with Congolese singer Bony Bikaye) garnered a lot of international attention, and is widely recognized as one of the earliest and most impressive experiments in fusing African and electronic music.

Singles

• "M'Pasi Ya M'Pamba" (1983) by Hector Zazou and Bony Bikaye.
• "Throw It Away" (1985) by African Head Charge

Albums

• Noir Et Blanc (1983) by Hector Zazou et al
• Techno Bush (1984) by Hugh Masekela
• Electric Africa (1985) by Manu Dibango

Compilations

• The Shine Presents Afrodigital, Future Sounds From The Motherland (2001)
• African Electronic Music 1975-1982

See also

• Ethnic electronica
• Electrofunk
• Fusion (music)
• Cultural appropriation in western music
• Black science fiction
• Hoomba-Hoomba by Jasper van 't Hof
• Burundi Black - Burundi Black (1978)
• Soul Makossa by Manu Dibango
• Ma Foom Bey by Cultural Vibe
• Club Africa, compilation of "discotheque" African records
• African Disco - Deep Disco From 1970s Africa