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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope