Zongo Junction

{{Short description|Brooklyn-based instrumental Afrobeat band}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Zongo Junction

| image = Zongo Junction - Nietzsches 2012 - 01.jpg

| caption = Zongo Junction performing in 2012

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| alias =

| origin = United States

| genre = Afrobeat, Jazz, Funk

| years_active = 2009–2015

| label = Primary Records, Electric Cowbell

| associated_acts =

| past_members = Noah Garabedian, Raffi Garabedian, Joe Hartnett, Danny Lubin-Laden, Pavel Kogan-Liakhov, Aaron Shafer-Haiss, Adam Coopersmith,Charlie Ferguson, Morgan Greenstreet, Jordan Hyde, David Lizmi, Ross Edwards, Adam Schatz, Jonah Parzen-Johnson, Kevin Moehringer, Aaron Rockers

}}

Zongo Junction was a nine-piece instrumental Afrobeat band based in Brooklyn, New York.{{cite web|work=San Jose Mercury News|title=Zongo Junction brings its driving Afro rhythms to the Bay Area|author=Andrew Gilbert|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment/ci_22193479/zongo-junction-brings-its-driving-afro-rhythms-bay/|date=December 14, 2012|access-date=2013-03-30}} The band was formed in 2010. The members of Zongo Junction stretch the Afrobeat style to fit their musical interests,{{cite web|work=Go Folk Yourself|title=Zongo Junction|url=http://folkyourself.com/2012/09/11/zongo-junction/|access-date=2013-03-30}} combining elements of Sun Ra, Talking Heads, and Fela Kuti to create their own version of afrobeat.{{cite news|work=SF Gate|title=Bay Area weekend music picks, Dec. 27|url=http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Bay-Area-weekend-music-picks-Dec-27-4147404.php#photo-3928544/|access-date=2013-03-30|first=Kimberly|last=Chun|date=December 27, 2012}} Zongo Junction released their five-song debut EP Thieves! in 2010.{{cite web|author=Ellen Cushing|work=East Bay Express|title=Zongo Junction|url=http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/zongo-junction/Content?oid=2394450/|date=January 26, 2011|access-date=2013-03-30}}

The band may have adopted the name Zongo Junction from a bus stop of the same name in Madina, a suburb of Ghana's capital, Accra.{{cite web |last1=Ferguson |first1=Charlie |title=Charlie Ferguson's impact on modern afro music |url=https://screenmessage.com/wikipedia-reference |website=Zee journalism |access-date=12 October 2023}}