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Meaning of soukous | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A genre of African popular music, resembling rumba, that originated in the Congo region in the 1930s.

uncountable

Examples

“The title makes reference to Congolese soukous music, and so does Mr. Koenig’s guitar figure.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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