Definition of "kwaito" []

• A style of music featuring words chanted over house music (noun)
• The meme or milieu associated with the music style. (noun)

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• "(The name kwaito comes from either the word kwai, which is Afrikaans slang for "hot," or a gang in Soweto called the AmaKwaitos."
• "To mark the disappointment of local musicians, Arthur Mafokate, a star of the local musical genre known as kwaito, has called on South African radio stations to play only African music for the duration of the tournament."
• "Regional variations such as Ghana’s hip-life scene have weaved themselves into African music as hip-hop negotiates Africa’s complex tribal matrix of indigenous cultures, rounding the cape and fusing with house music to become a sound known as kwaito."