Yeah. Budos Band does funky '70s car chase stuff with afrobeat arrangements.
You might also want to check out Tony Allen, who was Fela's drummer at one point. He appears on a great Fela tribute comp called Red Hot + Riot. He's still very active and if you discog him, you'll find all kinds of great music in and around afrobeat.
Nomo I think was inspired to use the likembe (thumb piano) from a resurgent groupd from Kinshasa called Konono No.1, which is deep afrobeat trance music.
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