bongo flava

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bongo flava (uncountable)

  1. A genre of Tanzanian music that arose in the 1990s, combining traditional styles with American hip-hop, reggae, etc.
    Coordinate term: Zenji flava
    • 2012, Eric Charry, Hip Hop Africa: New African Music in a Globalizing World, page 195:
      (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.)

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