shambo

1. uncountableA style of music made by the Ovambo people of Namibia, influenced by reggae.

   Other musical forms include kwasa kwasa (a kind of rumba), kwiku, ndombolo, oviritje, Damara panchi, and shambo.

   2011, Anene Ejikeme, Culture and Customs of Namibia, page 147

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   Ngatu also composes his own shambo songs on the album Biggest Gift, and he brings his own mixed musical traditions into his work.

   2006, Simon Broughton, The Rough Guide to World Music: Africa & Middle East, page 278

   They describe their sound as a fuse of Afro-pop, hip-hop, house music and ragga dancehall. “Because of our cultural inclination, we incorporate shambo elements in our music to spice things up,” says Khasi.

   2018 October 12, Michael Kayunde, “Pushing Urban Shambo”, in The Namibian

plural Shambos

1. A surname from French.