amapiano
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Zulu [Term?] (literally “the pianos”).
Noun
[edit]amapiano (uncountable)
- (music, South Africa) A house music subgenre that emerged in South Africa, often incorporating jazz piano and lounge music.
- Coordinate term: kwaito
- 2021 September 22, Nkgopoleng Moloi, “Amapiano: inside South Africa’s sound of freedom”, in Dazed[1]:
- A new generation of amapiano artists reference kwaito not only in terms of its style but for what it meant to the culture, as the soundtrack to a generation breaking free from the oppression of Apartheid.