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Definition of mbaqanga in English: mbaqanganoun ˌ(ə)mbaˈkɑːŋɡa(ə)mbəˈkäNGɡə mass nounA rhythmical popular music style of southern Africa. （南部非洲的）姆巴康加音乐 Example sentencesExamples - Other influences on popular music include church music, gospel, Zairean rhumba, and South African mbaqanga and mbube.
- With her vocal range embracing mbaqanga, kwela, township jive and American jazz through ballads to gospel, she will add Afro-international zest to the tribute concerts.
- By the 1960s, whites too had become avid fans of township jazz, which had sprouted into kwela's instrumental music and mbaqanga, a vocal jazz style.
- It has 14 tracks that showcase a variety of musical styles like dance, reggae, jazz, mbaqanga, kwela and gospel.
- This female mbaqanga group was formed in 1958, and has been through so many obstacles that one wonders what kept them going through all these years.
OriginFrom Zulu umbaqanga, literally 'steamed maize bread', with reference to the combined notion of the homely cultural sustenance of the townships and the musicians' ‘daily bread’. Definition of mbaqanga in US English: mbaqanganoun(ə)mbəˈkäNGɡə A rhythmical popular music style of southern Africa. （南部非洲的）姆巴康加音乐 Example sentencesExamples - With her vocal range embracing mbaqanga, kwela, township jive and American jazz through ballads to gospel, she will add Afro-international zest to the tribute concerts.
- It has 14 tracks that showcase a variety of musical styles like dance, reggae, jazz, mbaqanga, kwela and gospel.
- Other influences on popular music include church music, gospel, Zairean rhumba, and South African mbaqanga and mbube.
- By the 1960s, whites too had become avid fans of township jazz, which had sprouted into kwela's instrumental music and mbaqanga, a vocal jazz style.
- This female mbaqanga group was formed in 1958, and has been through so many obstacles that one wonders what kept them going through all these years.
OriginFrom Zulu umbaqanga, literally ‘steamed maize bread’, with reference to the combined notion of the homely cultural sustenance of the townships and the musicians' ‘daily bread’. |