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单词 kwaito
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Definition of kwaito in English:

kwaito

noun 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'.

 
 
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