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Soukous vs Rhumba - What's the difference?

soukous | rhumba |

As nouns the difference between soukous and rhumba

is that soukous is (music) a genre of african popular music resembling rumba, which originated in the congo region in the 1930s while rhumba is .

soukous

English

Noun

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  • (music) A genre of African popular music resembling rumba, which originated in the Congo region in the 1930s
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 18, author=Kelefa Sanneh, title=Preppie Afro-Pop and Other Odd Blends, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The title makes reference to Congolese soukous music, and so does Mr. Koenig’s guitar figure. }}

    See also

    *(wikipedia "soukous")

    rhumba

    English

    Noun