About Afrobeats Montreal.
Afrobeats Montreal are a group of young Montrealers passionate about the uplifting African culture and values spread through music and arts. With the gradual introduction of African culture and values via seminars, concerts, digital and social media this “upliftment” start. Afrobeats Montreal intends to be the air-gap between the new generation of Africans in the diaspora and Africa, our music and culture will bridge this gap
Fela Anikulapo Kuti, a pioneer in the hybrid of African music, jazz, funk and soul he called “Afrobeat,” which made him a global superstar in the 1970s. Afrobeat, was born out of Fela’s dislike for late American music star James Brown and also in the bid to distinguish his name from the comparison to James Brown