Kwela is a pennywhistle-based, street music from southern Africa with jazzy underpinnings and a distinctive, skiffle-like beat. It evolved from the marabi sound and brought South African music to international prominence in the 1950s. The music has its roots in southern Africa but later adaptations of this and many other African folk idioms have p... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwela
noun a kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974