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Soukous
- Genre family
- African Popular Music
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Meet Soukous
Soukous is a branch of the African Popular Music family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Soukous is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreAfrican Popular Music
Current genreSoukous
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CURRENT BROWSING SCOPE
1960s · Middle East and North Africa · Soukous
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1960s starting recordings
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