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The music genre that the Tofo Tofo dance troupe dances to is called kwaito music, a form of South African house music. This genre started developing in the 1990s. The term kwaito is derived from the Afrikaans word kwaii , which means strict or angry, although in more common and contemporary use the word is a loose translation of the English ...
Many currently renowned Kwaito musicians grew up listening to Jamaican music, and Stoan, a member of Bongo Maffin, explained in an interview just how necessary an outlet this kind of music was: the representations of black people imported into the country during apartheid were singularly negative ones, and Jamaican music was one of the few ...
Kalawa Jazmee Records is an independent record label based in South Africa. [1] The label is known for its contribution to the development of the Kwaito genre of music in South Africa . [ 2 ]
The Annual 6th Mzansi Kwaito and House Music Awards is the 6th edition of Mzansi Kwaito and House Music Awards. It was held at Sun City Super Bowl, North West. The nominees were announced on June 16, 2021. Trompies lead the nominations with 4. [1]
Trompies is a South African music group formed in 1995 who specialise in kwaito music. The members Spikiri, Mahoota, Donald Duck, Jakarumba & Mjokes grew up together in the Soweto township and agreed to form a band after they had all completed their music studies in college. [2]
Doc Shebeleza was born in Soweto on 7 July 1973, where he began making music from an early age. He grew up in a family that valued cultural expression, and was introduced to music styles ranging from kwaito to traditional South African music.
Since kwaito was already developed in South Africa before or possibly during the emergence of afro house. [4] It appears the name made immediate differentiation usage of the prefix 'afro', which in context by definition literally means anything relating to Africa and African culture [5] as well as, the seemingly obvious suffix, 'house', in direct relation to house music.
Bongo Maffin is a South African kwaito music group, formed by Zimbabwe-born DJ Jah Seed in Johannesburg in 1996. [1] They released their first studio album, Leaders of D’Gong (1997), [2] followed by The Concerto (1998), Bongolution (2001), and New Construction (2005).