Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R’n’B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African-American communities in the 1940s.
African Americans are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.
Zouk is a musical movement pioneered by the French Antillean band Kassav’ in the early 1980s. It was originally characterized by a fast tempo, a percussion-driven rhythm and a loud horn section. The fast zouk béton of Martinique and Guadeloupe faded away during the 1980s
Kizomba is a dance and musical genre that originated in Angola in 1984. Kizomba means “party” in Kimbundu, a Bantu language spoken by the Ambundu in Angola.