| 释义 |
Definition of kwaito in English: kwaitonoun ˈkwʌɪtəʊ mass nounSouth African A style of popular music similar to hip-hop, featuring vocals recited over an instrumental backing with strong bass lines. Example sentencesExamples - This brings us to the common claim that much kwaito is apolitical.
- Unfortunately I do not have a car but I like jazz and kwaito.
- He adds that it is not kwaito, not hip hop but rather different genres mixed up.
- There is something for everyone at the third annual Soweto Arts Festival, from kwaito to hip-hop, from theatre to film and dance.
- The film features rap, kwaito, hip-hop and traditional music from Zanzibar, Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Origin 1990s: named after the Amakwaito, a group of 1950s gangsters in Sophiatown (a former quarter of Johannesburg), or from Afrikaans kwaai 'angry, vicious', slang 'excellent, great'. |