Definition & Meaning | English word NDOMBOLO

Definitions of NDOMBOLO

1. A fast-paced Congolese music and dance style.

Examples of Using NDOMBOLO in a Sentence

• African music includes the genres makwaya, highlife, mbube, township music, jùjú, fuji, jaiva, afrobeat, afrofusion, mbalax, Congolese rumba, soukous, ndombolo, makossa, kizomba, taarab and others.
• The music of Rwanda encompasses Rwandan traditions of folk music as well as contemporary East African Afrobeat and Congolese ndombolo, and performers of a wide variety of Western genres including hip-hop, R&B, gospel music and pop ballads.
• By the late 1980s and early 1990s, Wemba's style was more readily identifiable even as it had become an amalgamation of rumba, soukous and ndombolo, Latin and rock, melded to a European-oriented pop style.
• Baongoli, specializing in Lingala, expounds that "ndombolo" encapsulates a genre of Congolese dance, literally meaning "gorilla" or "chimpanzee".
• Trace Africa, Africa’s number one music channel, is dedicated to playing and showcasing music of Africa’s top artists and genres including Afro-pop, coupé-décalé, Kwaito house, Afro-trap, makossa, and ndombolo through radio and live concert events.
• While afrobeats takes on influences from afrobeat, it is a diverse fusion of various different genres such as British house music, hiplife, hip hop, dancehall, soca, jùjú music, highlife, R&B, ndombolo, Naija beats, Azonto, and palm-wine music.
• Coke Studio Africa is an African music series that features live musical performances by various artists, recorded in the studio, in classical musical genres of Africa such as Afrobeats, Afro-pop, Kwaito, Jùjú, Gqom, Mbaqanga, Palm-wine, Coupé-décalé, Chimurenga, Salegy, Bantu, Benga, Malipenga, Baka, Bongo Flava, Highlife, Afro House, Makossa, Kwela, Azonto, Kuduro, Afro-soul, Blues, Funk, South African Jazz, East African urban music, Isicathamiya, Hiplife, Congolese rumba, ndombolo, Mbube, Township, Afro, Soca, Jaiva, Marabi, Taarab, Cumbia, as well as Soul, R&B, and pop music.

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