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mgqashiyo

mgqashiyo noun: a genre of African music, a more danceable style of mbaqanga.

Noun

mgqashiyo (uncountable)

  1. A genre of African music, a more danceable style of mbaqanga.
    • Recorded in the late '70s, with tough mgqashiyo mbaqanga out of favor among cultural as well as assimilationist blacks, this proves Mahlathini's staunch loyalty to the style he originated, his total lack of alternatives, or both.1990, Robert Christgau, Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s, page 257
    • […] an orgy of dance and mgqashiyo, which, literally translated, means "the beat that will never die."1988, Coda, numbers 223-234, page 39

Questions about mgqashiyo

What does mgqashiyo mean?
Mgqashiyo means a genre of African music, a more danceable style of mbaqanga.
What part of speech is mgqashiyo?
Mgqashiyo is a noun.

Words near mgqashiyo in the dictionary

  1. mgmt.
  2. MGN
  3. MGNs
  4. MGO
  5. MGOs
  6. mgqashiyo
  7. mgr
  8. mgr.
  9. mgriite
  10. mgrm.
  11. mgrms.

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