Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rumbalike West African dance music originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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- noun music A genre of African popular music resembling
rumba , which originated in theCongo region in the 1930s
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It's a collection of African rumbas called soukous performed decades ago by an artist known as Franco.
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By then, soukous as it was known, was the sound of the continent, and state radio played nothing but his songs for four days.
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Tabou Combo's music is aimed squarely at the dance floor -- mixing Haitian meringue, rara vodoun percussion with kompa and elements of Brazilian music, soukous and funk.
Jim Luce: International Community Gathers for "Uni Haiti" at Upper East Gala Jim Luce 2011
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By then, soukous as it was known, was the sound of the continent, and state radio played nothing but his songs for four days.
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These hot-licks workouts became so popular the music was given a new name, soukous, and Franco was without question the grandmaster.
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"Bayini Ngai Mpo Na Yo," from Franco's first session under his own name, might sound quaint next to the faster, sophisticated soukous with which his work later became synonymous.
Lost tracks: "Roots of OK Jazz, Congo Classics 1955-1956" Bill Friskics-Warren 2010
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These hot-licks workouts became so popular the music was given a new name, soukous, and Franco was without question the grandmaster.
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The Congolese singer Franco, backed by the all-powerful jazz orchestra of Kinshasa, unleashes irresistible soukous to commemorate a seventh wedding anniversary.
Readers recommend songs about anniversaries: The results 2010
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It's an open question whether an even bigger star in Africa, who's been dead even longer, the Congo's soukous master Franco, will ever get the same acclaim.
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It's an open question whether an even bigger star in Africa, who's been dead even longer, the Congo's soukous master Franco, will ever get the same acclaim.
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