soukous

noun sou·kous \ˈsü-ˌküs\

Definition of SOUKOUS

: popular guitar-driven dance music created in the Democratic Republic of the Congo under the influence of Cuban rumba

African French (of Brazzaville and Kinshasa) soucous, soukous, a dance popular in the late 1960s, alteration of French secousse jolt, jerk

First Known Use: 1982

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