kwaito
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of kwaito
C20: from Amakwaito , a gang in Sophiatown, South Africa, in the 1950s
Example Sentences
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It’s a svelte, melodic style of dance music pitched between European deep house, jazzy R&B and local styles like kwaito and gqom.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2024
Called Popiano, it's essentially a more streamlined, hook-heavy variant of Amapiano - the popular South African sound that blends house music with reggae, jazz and trunk-rattling kwaito bass lines.
From BBC • Jan. 1, 2024
Her cousins liked to play kwaito, a popular genre of music that emerged in South Africa in the 1990s, a variant of house music overloaded with traditional African beats and samples.
From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2016
The music has also changed, with hiphop and its South African township version, known as kwaito, added to the staple of Afrikaans guitar and vocals.
From Reuters • Aug. 13, 2015
From its cobbled-together beginnings, kwaito quickly grew into a South African youth movement that seemed apolitical.
From The Guardian • Aug. 11, 2011
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