soukous
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of soukous
1980–85; said to be < Lingala < French secouer to shake
Example Sentences
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The traditional soukous dance music out of Congo and other parts of Central Africa.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024
The percolating grooves of her songs fused mutuashi rhythms with salsa, Congolese soukous and other African and Caribbean rhythms, deploying synthesizers and horns alongside traditional percussion.
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2022
The 65-year-old is a huge star of rumba and soukous music which are popular across much of Africa.
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2021
The 2012 compilation set Real World At Womad starts with Bakwetu, a reminder of Papa Wemba’s glorious, easy-going voice and his mastery of the slinky, hip-swinging rhythms of soukous , takenfrom his 1998 album Molokai.
From The Guardian • Apr. 24, 2016
She got up and began dancing to the soukous music that was playing as she left us.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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