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Definition of Kwela
1. Noun. A kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments.
Definition of Kwela
1. Noun. (South Africa) A style of music first played in the townships whose principal instrument is the penny whistle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kwela
1. a Zulu folk-music [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kwela
| kvetchy kw kwaai kwacha kwachas kwagga kwaggas kwai kwaito kwanza | kwanzas kwashiorkor kwashiorkors kweek kwela (current term) kwelas kwerekwere kwh kwukyel ky- | kyBP kyaboca wood kyack kyacks kyak kyaks kyamancha kyang kyangs |
Literary usage of Kwela
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Black Composers of Southern Africa by Yvonne Huskisson, Sarita Hauptfleisch (1992)
"Golden disc award for his penny-whistle disc, kwela SPOKES, and, year later, ...
Became KING kwela; kwela music the rage. Made several long-playing discs, ..."
2. A Handbook of the Ila Language by Edwin William Smith (1907)
"3 /. sing, his; prefixed by gen. parts. kwela, ku, vt to draw, pull, drag. ...
ku, vt rel. kwela, to . pull towards. ... ku, T. t. int. kwela, to pull hard. ..."
3. A Grammar of the Kaffir Language by William Binnington Boyce, William Jafferd Davis (1844)
"... e si yaku li kwela; The horse which the servant will ride. Second. By prefixing
the relative pronoun of the antecedent to the verb, and placing after ..."
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