Kwaito is a music genre that emerged in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, between the late 1980s and 1990s. It is a sound that features the use of African sounds and samples. Kwaito songs occur at …

Kwaito is an electronic music genre that first appeared in Soweto in the 1990s. It combines Western electronic house music and hip-hop with African drum loops, samples, and vocals to produce a …

A mix of slowed-down house beats, African rhythms, catchy chants, and streetwise lyrics, Kwaito wasn’t just music, it was a lifestyle, a form of expression for a generation that was finally free...

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Feb 16, 2022 · Kwaito music is a style of popular music that originated in South Africa during the 1990s. The genre draws upon several Western music styles, including electronic dance music and hip-hop, …

Kwaito is a style of music that originated around Soweto, South Africa in the early 1990s. It has been described as an "urban soup" of South African jazz and township pop, mixed with Western house …

Sep 7, 2025 · Kwaito isn’t just music; it’s a whole vibe that was born in Johannesburg in the 1990s, right after apartheid ended. At that time, South Africa was stepping into freedom, and young people …

Mar 22, 2011 · The word Kwaito is derived from the Afrikaans word kwaai, which translates to "angry" in English. In colloquial slang, negative words or phrases often acquire a positive connotation or "cool" …

Kwaito is a music genre that emerged in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, between the late 1980s and 1990s. It is a variant of house music that features the use of African sounds and samples.

Kwaito music exploded onto the South African urban airwaves in the '90s—and it's only got more popular since then. A mix of township dance, house and rap, no other music captures the sounds of …