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Definition of Mbaqanga
1. Noun. A style of South African music, with rural Zulu roots and a jazz influence, that originated in the 1960s. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mbaqanga
1. a South African dance music [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mbaqanga
Literary usage of Mbaqanga
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)
"Awarded SAMRO Overseas Scholarship for Singers and Instrumentalists to study in
USA from July 1989. Field of interest - Western mbaqanga, ngoma, ..."
2. State of the Nation: South Africa 2007 by Sakhela Buhlungu (2007)
"In contrast, mineworkers were seen to be rural, unsophisticated, and they listened
to mbaqanga and ..."
3. Women Marching Into the 21st Century: Wathint' Abafazi, Wathint' Imbokodo by Human Sciences Research Council (2000)
"The first all-female jazz band in the country, it plays a wide range of music
from Afro-fusion through mbaqanga and bluesy ..."
4. Every Step of the Way: The Journey to Freedom in South Africa by Michael Morris, John Linnegar (2004)
"... that had all the glamour and zest of American popular culture but with a
distinctive African character. The kwela and mbaqanga sounds, and the energetic ..."
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