Kwaito
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkwaɪtoʊ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Kwaito is a noun meaning (South Africa, music) A style of music featuring words chanted over house music, originating in Johannesburg during the 1990s.
Meaning
(South Africa, music) A style of music featuring words chanted over house music, originating in Johannesburg during the 1990s.
More Meanings
- (South Africa) The meme or milieu associated with the music style.
Example Sentences
Sivuyile is part of the kwaito generation.
The residue of this otherworldliness is still audible in contemporary kwaito, which consistently thwarts any simple identification with ethnicity, language, or social position.
Kwaito is a genre-defying style blending the programmed percussion and vibrant call-and-response vocals of 1980s bubble-gum with British garage, American hip-hop and the new Jamaican ragga music; this inter-cultural mix, in turn, is framed by laid-back bass lines that can sound like Chicago-based house music in slow motion.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include motswako, gqom, amapiano, kwela, mbaqanga, chakacha.
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