List of musical genres of the African diaspora

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• African American music

:* Acid House

:* Bluegrass

:* Blues

:* Blues Rock

:* Bounce Music

:* Breakbeat

:* Chicago Blues

:* Chicago House

:* Country

:* Deep House

:* Delta Blues

:* Detroit Blues

:* Detroit Techno

:* Contemporary R&B

:* Disco

:* Doo-wop

:* Electric Blues

:* Electro

:* Funk

:* Garage

:* Go-go

:* Gospel music

:* Hard Rock

:* Heavy Metal

:* Hip Hop

:* Hip House

:* House

:* Jazz

:* Memphis Blues

:* Minimal Techno

:* Neo Soul

:* New Orleans Blues

:* Ragtime

:* Rap

:* Rhythm & Blues

:* Rock

:* Rock & Roll

:* Rockabilly

:* Soul

:* Spirituals

:* Swing

:* Techno

:* Texas Blues

:* Zydeco

• Arabic music

:* Adhan

:* Anasheed

:* Liwa

:* Fann at-Tanbura

:* Middle-Eastern & North African

:* Mizmar

:* Gnawa

• Brazilian music

:* Afoxé

:* Axé Music

:* Capoeira

:* Maracatu

:* Samba

:* Samba-Reggae

:* Funk Carioca

• British Black music

:*2 Tone

:* 2-Step Garage

:*Afroswing

:*Blues

:*Caribbean

:*Disco

:*Drum & Bass

:*Dubstep

:*Eurodance

:*Eurodisco

:*Garage

:*Grime

:*British Hip hop

:*Hip House

:*Oldschool Jungle

:*Ragga Jungle

:*Rhythm & Blues

:*Soul

:*Speed Garage

• Cape Verdean music (see page for full list of musical forms)

:*Morna

• Colombian music (see page for full list of musical forms)
• Cuban music (see page for full list of musical forms)

:* Afro (genre)

:* Son

• Music of the Dominican Republic (see page for full list of musical forms)
• Bachata
• Merengue
• Music of Ecuador

:*Bambuco

:*Bomba (Ecuador)

• France

:* Afro trap{{Cite news|last=Miya |first=Madzadza |date=5 December 2018 |title=MHD talks about his friends, Coachella and 'afro trap'|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-46442559 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009182910/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-46442559|archive-date=9 October 2023|access-date=9 February 2024 |website=BBC News}}{{Cite news|last=Hunter-Tilney |first=Ludovic |date=13 March 2019 |title=Rappers With African Roots Bridge a Hip-Hop Divide|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/arts/music/french-british-hip-hop-afrobeats-afrotrap.html|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606125420/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/arts/music/french-british-hip-hop-afrobeats-afrotrap.html|archive-date=6 June 2023|access-date=9 February 2024 |website=The New York Times}}

:*French hip hop

:*Raï

• Garifuna music

:* Music of Belize

:* Music of Honduras

:* Hunguhungu

• Haitian music (see page for full list of musical forms)
• Jamaica

:*Dancehall

:*Dub

:*Lovers rock

:*Mento

:*Ragga

:*Reggae

:*Rocksteady

:*Roots reggae

:*Ska

• Music of the Lesser Antilles

:*Zouk

:*Music of Anguilla

:*Music of Antigua and Barbuda

:*Music of Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles

:*Music of Barbados

::*Spouge

:*Music of Grenada

:*Music of Montserrat

:*Music of Saint Kitts and Nevis

:*Music of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

:*Music of Trinidad and Tobago

::*Calypso music

:*Music of the Virgin Islands

• Music of French Guiana

:*Kasékò

• Peru

:*Landó

:*Festejo

:*Cueca

• Puerto Rico

:* Bomba

:* Plena

:* Reggaeton

• Uruguay and Argentina

:*Candombe

• Siddi music

:* Dhamal dance