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marabi

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marabi [ˌmaˈrɑːbɪ]
n
(Music, other) South African a kind of music popular in townships in the 1930s
[of uncertain origin, possibly from Sotho]


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An alternative explanation is that the South African musician Allen Kwela (1939-) is said to have developed the music style that bears his name from the marabi music style in the 1950s.
[44] Even Ibrahim, who, as a young musician, had played marabi and mbaqanga, vastrap and ticky-draai, performed only American-style jazz when he led his own bands or played solo piano in concert.
The Chilean abalone, Concholepas concholepas (Bruguiere, 1789), and the surf clam Mesodesma donacium (Lamark, 1818) rank among the most important commercial species for Chilean and Peruvian shellfisheries (Bustamante & Castilla 1987, RaN & Marabi 1997, Rubilar et al.
 
 
 
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