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- Kwassa_kwassa abstract "Kwassa kwassa (or kwasa kwasa) is a dance rhythm from the Democratic Republic of the Congo that started in the 1970s where the hips move back and forth while the hands move to follow the hips. It was very popular in Africa in the late 1980s. The words kwassa kwassa may have come from the French quoi ça? ("what is it?"). The dance was created by Pepe Kalle and popularized by his soukous music videos, as well as the videos of Kanda Bongo Man, Viva La Musica, and other Congolese musicians.Later, in other parts of Africa, the dance became a synonym for soukous music, which is still often referred to as kwassa kwassa. A slower version of this genre has been created and popularized by Koffi Olomide and his band Quartier Latin. Their songs have enjoyed massive airplay throughout Africa in countries like Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Senegal and others. Metavo is also very popular in South Africa.This kind of beat is referenced in the 2008 song "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" by American indie rock band Vampire Weekend.".
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- Kwassa_kwassa wikiPageWikiLink Africa.
- Kwassa_kwassa wikiPageWikiLink Botswana.
- Kwassa_kwassa wikiPageWikiLink Cape_Cod_Kwassa_Kwassa.
- Kwassa_kwassa wikiPageWikiLink Category:African_dances.
- Kwassa_kwassa wikiPageWikiLink Category:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_music.
- Kwassa_kwassa wikiPageWikiLink Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.
- Kwassa_kwassa wikiPageWikiLink French_language.
- Kwassa_kwassa wikiPageWikiLink Kanda_Bongo_Man.
- Kwassa_kwassa wikiPageWikiLink Koffi_Olomide.
- Kwassa_kwassa wikiPageWikiLink Pepe_Kalle.
- Kwassa_kwassa wikiPageWikiLink Pépé_Kallé.
- Kwassa_kwassa wikiPageWikiLink Senegal.
- Kwassa_kwassa wikiPageWikiLink Soukous.
- Kwassa_kwassa wikiPageWikiLink South_Africa.
- Kwassa_kwassa wikiPageWikiLink Vampire_Weekend.
- Kwassa_kwassa wikiPageWikiLink Viva_La_Musica.
- Kwassa_kwassa wikiPageWikiLink Zambia.
- Kwassa_kwassa wikiPageWikiLink Zimbabwe.
- Kwassa_kwassa wikiPageWikiLinkText "Kwassa kwassa".
- Kwassa_kwassa wikiPageWikiLinkText "kwasa kwasa".
- Kwassa_kwassa wikiPageWikiLinkText "kwassa kwassa".
- Kwassa_kwassa wikiPageWikiLinkText "kwassa-kwassa".
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- Kwassa_kwassa subject Category:African_dances.
- Kwassa_kwassa subject Category:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_music.
- Kwassa_kwassa hypernym Rhythm.
- Kwassa_kwassa type Article.
- Kwassa_kwassa type MusicalArtist.
- Kwassa_kwassa type Article.
- Kwassa_kwassa comment "Kwassa kwassa (or kwasa kwasa) is a dance rhythm from the Democratic Republic of the Congo that started in the 1970s where the hips move back and forth while the hands move to follow the hips. It was very popular in Africa in the late 1980s. The words kwassa kwassa may have come from the French quoi ça? ("what is it?").".
- Kwassa_kwassa label "Kwassa kwassa".
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