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soukous

African music genre
Intangible music_genre Q1752683
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soukous

Summary

soukous is a music genre[1]. soukous draws 69 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #471 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • soukous's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • soukous's instance of is recorded as type of dance[4].
  • soukous is a type of Congolese rumba[5].
  • soukous is a type of music of Central Africa[6].
  • soukous is a type of African dance[7].
  • soukous's country of origin is recorded as Democratic Republic of the Congo[8].
  • soukous's country of origin is recorded as Republic of the Congo[9].
  • January 1, 1968 marks the founding of soukous[10].
  • soukous's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Soukous[11].
  • soukous's practiced by is recorded as soukous musician[12].
  • soukous's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[13].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include music genre[3] and type of dance[4]. Recorded subclass of include Congolese rumba[5], music of Central Africa[6], and African dance[7].

Origins

January 1, 1968 marks the founding of soukous[10].

Why It Matters

soukous draws 69 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #471 of 1,946).[2] soukous has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] soukous is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Democratic Republic of the Congo Manu Dibango Papa Wemba Republic of the Congo

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Country of origin → Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo
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