Associations to the word «Kwela»

Wiktionary

KWELA, noun. (South Africa) (music genre) A style of music, first played in the townships, whose principal instrument is the penny whistle.

Dictionary definition

KWELA, noun. A kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats