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Kwaito

Kwaito is a music genre that emerged in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, between the late 1980s and 1990s. It is a sound that features the use of South African sounds and samples. Kwaito songs occur at a slower tempo range than other styles of house music and often contain catchy melodic and percussive loop samples, deep bass lines and vocals. They…

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Cultural origins
Late 1980s–1990s, South Africa
Derivative forms
Afro house · African trap music (ATM) · afro trap · gqom
Other names
D'gong
Stylistic origins
House · marabi · disco · kwela · mbaqanga

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Characteristics

Record producers and record sales

Women in kwaito

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Cultural context and implications

Dances

Kwaito and globalization

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Kwaito

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Kwaito

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related to history · 33
Kwaito → Arthur Mafokate, Bongo Maffin, Boom Shaka, Donald Duck, During, In, Jah Seed, Jakarumba, Kabelo Mabalane, Key, Lebo Mathosa, M'du, M'du Masilela, Mahoota, Mandla Mofokeng, Mdu Masilela, Mjokes, MM Deluxe, Sandy, Schools
related to Women in kwaito · 31
Kwaito → Abashante, According, Africa, African, American, Boom Shaka, Boom Shaka's, Brenda Fassie, Chocolate, CNN, During, Ghetto Luv, Goddess, However, Iyaya, Keith Sweat, Lebo Mathosa, Missy Elliott, Nelson Mandela's, None
related to Durban Kwaito · 30
Kwaito → Big Nuz, Character, Danger, DJ Bongz, DJ Cleo, DJ Cndo, DJ Fisherman, DJ Siyanda, DJ Sox, DJ Tira, Due, Durban, Durban Kwaito, Durban's Finest, Ibiza, Isgubhu, It, Key, L'vovo, NaakMusiQ
related to Cultural context and implications · 21
Kwaito → Arthur Mafokate's, Bantwan, Black South African, Bob Mabena, Cape Town, Da City, Isigaga, It, Johannesburg, Kaffir, Many, Mblwembe, Nhlanhla Sibongile Mafu, North American, Prophets, Songs, South Africa, South African Kwaito, South African Society, Soweto
related to Record producers and record sales · 18
Kwaito → Arthur Mafokate, Boom Shaka, Don Laka, Dope, During, M'du, Mandoza, Mdu Masilela, Musicians, Oskido, Producers, Rudeboy Paul, Sandy, Sanza, Sello Chicco Twala, South Africa, South African, Spikiri
related to Dances · 17
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related to Performance and cultural significance · 16
Kwaito → Beyond South Africa, Black, Black South Africans, Finding, Freedom Sounds, In, It, Kwaito's, Livermon, South African, South Africans, Thandiswa Mazwai, The, These, This, Through
related to Further reading · 15
Kwaito → Aesthetics, BlackBird Books, Born, Chicago Press, Esinako Ndabeni, Freedom, Gavin Steingo, ISBN, Kwaito Generation, Kwaito's Promise, Music, Reflections, Sihle Mthembu, South Africa, University
has impact · 14
Kwaito → According, AIDS, Arthur Mafokate, Boom Shaka's, Gavin Steingo, HIV, It, Overall, Rudeboy Paul, South Africa, South Africa's, South African, Steingo's, The
related to Criticism · 13
Kwaito → Being, Boom Shaka, Furthermore, In, Lebo Mathosa, Lesego Bile, OK, Others, She, Some, The, There, Trompies

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south music african africa also hip hop house genre political artists black durban social 1990s new cultural youth people boom

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KwaitoCultural originsLate 1980s–1990s, South Africa1.00infobox
KwaitoDerivative formsAfro house1.00infobox
KwaitoDerivative formsAfrican trap music (ATM)1.00infobox
KwaitoDerivative formsafro trap1.00infobox
KwaitoDerivative formsgqom1.00infobox
KwaitoOther namesD'gong1.00infobox
KwaitoStylistic originsHouse1.00infobox
KwaitoStylistic originsmarabi1.00infobox
KwaitoStylistic originsdisco1.00infobox
KwaitoStylistic originskwela1.00infobox
KwaitoStylistic originsmbaqanga1.00infobox
KwaitoStylistic originsjazz1.00infobox
KwaitoStylistic originsmaskandi1.00infobox
KwaitoStylistic originship hop1.00infobox
KwaitoStylistic originstownship pop a.k.a. "bubblegum"1.00infobox
Kwaitois amusic genre that emerged in Soweto0.90text
Kwaitois aplatform that serves to drive thoughts0.90text

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