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Kwassa Kwassa (or kwasa kwasa) refers to a dance rhythm where the hips move back and forth while the hands move to follow the hips, and was very popular in Africa in the late 1980's. The words "Kwassa Kwassa" might have come from the French quoi ça? (What's that?). The dance was popularized by the soukous music videos of Kanda Bongo Man and other Congolese musicians. Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. ... // Soukous is a musical genre that originated in the Congos during the 1930s and early 1940s, and which has gained popularity throughout Africa. ... Kanda Bongo Man, from Congo, is one of the pioneers of African soukous music. ... DRC may stand for: Democratic Republic of the Congo Dancing Robot Contest Danish Refugee Council (drc. ...


Later, in other parts of Africa, the dance became a synonym for Congolese music, and soukous is still often refered to as Kwassa Kwassa.


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Soukous - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1224 words)
In Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania it is called lingala which refers to the Lingala language of the region from which the music originated.
Soukous is also sometimes called kwassa kwassa, which is a rhythmic dance that was popular in the 1980s and early 1990s, as well as ndombolo, a variant of kwassa kwassa that is currently popular.
Just like Kwassa Kwassa, the rhythmic dance craze that accompanied the music of Kanda Bongo Man, Loketo and Diblo Dibala in the 1980s and early 1990s, the fast paced soukous music now dominating dance floors in central and eastern Africa is called soukous ndombolo, performed by Awilo Longomba, Aurlus Mabele, Koffi Olomide and others.
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