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bongo flava

bongo flava noun: a genre of Tanzanian music that arose in the 1990s, combining traditional styles with American hip-hop, reggae, etc.

Noun

bongo flava (uncountable)

  1. A 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

Questions about bongo flava

What does bongo flava mean?
Bongo flava means a genre of Tanzanian music that arose in the 1990s, combining traditional styles with American hip-hop, reggae, etc.
What part of speech is bongo flava?
Bongo flava is a noun.

Words near bongo flava in the dictionary

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  4. bongo drum
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  9. bongo parties
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