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Afro rock is (an offshoot of Afrobeat) is a popular dance music pioneered in the late 1960s and early 1970s by such groups as Monomono Osibisa and Alhaji K. Frimpong. It is a style of which relies heavily on the use of Western string instruments (electric guitars and bass) and guitar effects. The genre is deeply based in Western chordal structure and progression (mostly minor) emphasized on instruments like synthesizer and organ.