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A kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans
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kwela
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kwela \kwela\ n. A kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; it includes a whistle among its instruments.
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n. a kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments
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Kwela is a pennywhistle -based street music from southern Africa with jazzy underpinnings and a distinctive, skiffle -like beat. It evolved from the marabi sound and brought South African music to international prominence in the 1950s. The music has its ...
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n. (context South Africa English) A style of music first played in the townships whose principal instrument is the penny whistle.