Champeta and African Diaspora Music in Colombia

Some of the Colombian communities like Choco, Cartagenaa, San Andres and Province Island have large Africa-descendant community. Unlike the most of the country, the cultural mixing native and the European powers have been common, and especially in EI Choco, music has changed small since it has been imported from West Africa. The Providencia Island is also a home to a kind of folk music, which is closely related it mento, a Jamaica traditional form. The most powerful, however, is the city of the Cartagena and its champeta music which has been influenced by the soukous, compass, zouk, and reggae. The Champeta musicians include Luis Towers, EI Afinaito, EI Sayayin, EI Pupy, and Boogaloo, while others such as Elio Boom have incorporated Jamaican ragamuffin music to champeta. Another noteworthy group is the BIP, who originally did champeta music and recently are doing reggaeton, without leaving the champeta roots behind.

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