• Kwassa kwassa (or kwasa kwasa) is a dance created by Jeanora, a mechanic in Kinshasa from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, that started in the 1980s...
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  • "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" is the fourth single by indie rock band Vampire Weekend, released 18 August 2008. The song was rated 67th best song of 2008 by...
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  • Kwassa Kwassa is a soukous album by Kanda Bongo Man, released 1989. Martin Aston, reviewer of British music newspaper Music Week, left warm and positive...
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  • by the singles "Mansard Roof", "A-Punk", "Oxford Comma", "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa", and "The Kids Don't Stand a Chance". The album was ranked as the 5th-best...
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  • at the beginning of the song. His form of soukous gave birth to the kwassa kwassa dance rhythm where the hips move back and forth while the hands move...
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  • musician mainly associated with the soukous genre of music and the kwassa kwassa dance. She is often referred to as "the queen of soukous" or "the queen...
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    middle school English teacher. In 2007, Vampire Weekend's song "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" was ranked 67th on Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Best Songs of the...
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    Weekend singles: "Oxford Comma", filmed in one long take, and "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa". That year he also directed videos for The Last Shadow Puppets songs...
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    Weekend". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 29, 2019. "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa", "Giving Up the Gun" and "Holiday": Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK:...
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  • The film is produced by Polar Bear, in co-production with the Belgian Kwassa Films and the Dutch Family Affair Films. Young Hearts had its World premiere...
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    refined and commixed with African dance styles including pantsula and kwassa kwassa resulting in the hybrid dance style. American choreograhpher and dancer...
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    constant fixture on the charts. They also created a new dance, the kwassa kwassa. On their tenth anniversary in 1982, the band was voted Zaire's top...
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  • facing away from the audience. The hip movements are however the same. Kwassa kwassa Twerking Youle sabina via YouTube Nigui Saff K dance -- Dr Pitté via...
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    influential pop music. Call it soukous, rumba, Zairois, Congo music, or kwassa-kwassa, the pop sound emanating from Congo's capital, Kinshasa has shaped modern...
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  • Sigrid in 2018, while Verill has released tracks under the pseudonyms Kyko, Kwassa and Good Scott. Verill was also part of the teenage band Theory of 6 Degrees...
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    Gabriel has recorded a cover of the Vampire Weekend single "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" with Hot Chip, where his name is mentioned several times in the chorus...
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  • Palm-wine Raï Rumba Sakara Sega Seggae Semba Shangaan electro Soukous Kwassa kwassa Taarab Zamrock Zouglou Nunatak (band) Central Asian Shashmaqam Pashto...
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  • and Hayk Bakhryan. The film was produced by Sister Productions in France, Kwassa Films in Belgium, and Aneva in Armenia. The film was selected for the 73rd...
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    album, Haut De Gamme, again through SonoDisc. It blended Tcha Tcho, Kwassa kwassa, and Congolese rumba. The album's lead singles, "Désespoir" and "Koweit...
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    choreographer Jeanora pioneered a dance form called kwassa kwassa, a dance step within the soukous style (with "kwassa" serving as a playful allusion to the French...
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  • Weekend track listing "Mansard Roof" "Oxford Comma" "A-Punk" "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" "M79" "Campus" "Bryn" "One (Blake's Got a New Face)" "I Stand Corrected"...
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  • scheduled for release in 2024. The feature is produced by Paprika Films and Kwassa Films with the support of Creative Europe Media. "From "HPI" to "From good...
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    General topics Kisanji Lokole Genres Folk music Rumba Soukous Cavacha Kwassa kwassa Madiaba Mutuashi Ndombolo Pop music Media and performance Nationalistic...
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  • Look up kwassa kwassa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kwasa may refer to: Kwasa Damansara, a township development in Malaysia Kwassa kwassa, a dance...
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  • (Poland) Kullawada Kumi Odori Kumina Kummi Kurdish dance (Iran and Iraq) Kwassa kwassa Lafina Lahasua Lakalaka Lambada Lambeth Walk Lambri Kamara Lap dance...
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    Sadanpoini where he is heading without doubt for a place to flee on board a kwassa (small canoe) towards Mayotte island, it seems, according to various sources...
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  • of TRESOR's vocals, which are combined from genres such as amapiano, Kwassa kwassa, rumba, salsa, bubblegum and Afrobeats. The album also alternates between...
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  • Weekend track listing "Mansard Roof" "Oxford Comma" "A-Punk" "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" "M79" "Campus" "Bryn" "One (Blake's Got a New Face)" "I Stand Corrected"...
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  • of Congolese traditional and tribal music. This also reflects in the kwassa kwassa, a dance style that was popularized by Empire Bakuba and later adopted...
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  • female tennis player (Jenny Murray, the goth girl in the "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" video) competing in the tournament. They featured Whitetennisballs...
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