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Definition of soukous in English: soukousnounˈsuːkuːsˈso͞okəs mass nounA style of African popular music characterized by syncopated rhythms and intricate contrasting guitar melodies, originating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire). Example sentencesExamples - Congo jazz and soukous, played on a guitar, are popular varieties for such dances.
- The first volume concentrated on eight West African countries, but this second selection is an entirely Congolese mixture of rumba roots and early soukous.
- Throughout his career he has experimented with diverse musical genres as rumba, soukous, salsa, highlife and Afrobeat.
- A maximum of five contestants vie in categories dedicated to dancehall, reggae, soukous, African, compass/racine, calypso, Latin, and gospel music.
- Over three days and nights, popular Creole musical forms such as cadence-lypso, compass, zouk, soukous, and bouyon ring out alongside Creole-influenced reggae and soca.
Origin Perhaps from French secouer 'to shake'. Rhymes fucus, Lucas, mucous, mucus, Ophiuchus Definition of soukous in US English: soukousnounˈso͞okəs A style of African popular music characterized by syncopated rhythms and intricate contrasting guitar melodies, originating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire). Example sentencesExamples - Congo jazz and soukous, played on a guitar, are popular varieties for such dances.
- Over three days and nights, popular Creole musical forms such as cadence-lypso, compass, zouk, soukous, and bouyon ring out alongside Creole-influenced reggae and soca.
- A maximum of five contestants vie in categories dedicated to dancehall, reggae, soukous, African, compass/racine, calypso, Latin, and gospel music.
- The first volume concentrated on eight West African countries, but this second selection is an entirely Congolese mixture of rumba roots and early soukous.
- Throughout his career he has experimented with diverse musical genres as rumba, soukous, salsa, highlife and Afrobeat.
Origin Perhaps from French secouer ‘to shake’. |