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marabi

British

/ ˌmaˈrɑːbɪ /

noun

a kind of music popular in townships in the 1930s

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Etymology

Origin of marabi

of uncertain origin, possibly from Sotho

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In the dusty streets, urchins rock to the pennywhistle's fast kwela beat; in shabby speakeasies, women shuffle to its slower marabi rhythm.

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