A style of African popular music originating in Kenya, characterized by a fusion of traditional Kenyan music and a lively arrangement of guitars, bass, and vocals.
By the late '60s, guitar-based bands cranked out songs in an energetic new style called benga that thrived for two decades and survives today.
In the cities, benga, a fusion of Western and Kenyan music, is popular.
His rural home is in the middle of an area that has been a hotbed of musical activity for the specific type of benga played by the Luo people, a community based around the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenyas Nyanza Province.
Origin
1980s: from Luo.
Definition of benga in US English:
benga
nounˈbɛŋɡəˈbeNGɡə
A style of African popular music originating in Kenya, characterized by a fusion of traditional Kenyan music and a lively arrangement of guitars, bass, and vocals.
His rural home is in the middle of an area that has been a hotbed of musical activity for the specific type of benga played by the Luo people, a community based around the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenyas Nyanza Province.
By the late '60s, guitar-based bands cranked out songs in an energetic new style called benga that thrived for two decades and survives today.
In the cities, benga, a fusion of Western and Kenyan music, is popular.