bongo flava

noun

A genre of Tanzanian music that arose in the 1990s, combining traditional styles with American hip-hop, reggae, etc.

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Meanings

nounbongo flava (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA genre of Tanzanian music that arose in the 1990s, combining traditional styles with American hip-hop, reggae, etc.

    (Before temporarily closing his studio in 2004, Master J had two bongo flava producers working for him and one producer who worked with other genres of popular music.)

    2012, Eric Charry, Hip Hop Africa: New African Music in a Globalizing World, page 195
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