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Kwaito
Stylistic origins
House
marabi
disco
kwela
mbaqanga
jazz
hip hop
township pop aka "bubblegum"[1]
Cultural origins
Late 1980s - 1990s, South Africa
Derivative forms
Afro house
African Trap Music (ATM)
afro trap
gqom
Subgenres
Durban kwaito
future kwaito
Fusion genres
Amapiano[2]
Regional scenes
South Africa
Namibia
Botswana
Zimbabwe
Lesotho
Eswatini
Other topics
Afro fusion
motswako
Shangaan electro
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Kwaito is a music genre that emerged in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, between the late 1980s and 1990s.[3] It is a variant of house music that features the use of 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. Despite its similarities to hip hop music, kwaito has a distinctive manner in which the lyrics are sung, rapped and shouted.[4]
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