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Gqom

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 12, 2025 · 1 definition
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Gqom (Durban house)

"Gqom tracks (Gqom tracks)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 12, 2025

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🇧🇼 Botswana
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August 2025

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Dance music originating from Durban South Africa.“Keep it playing and you might confuse its march for your own heartbeat” Pitchfork

""A great snapshot of what's happening with the Gqom sound. Dark and rolling, with a real feeling of menace and intent be…"
Gqom 🇿🇦 South Africa

Hard Durban house genre; also energy.

"This set is pure gqom."

🇧🇼 About Botswana Slang

Botswana slang merges Setswana with English, with Gaborone youth driving a modern lexicon influenced by South African township culture.

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🌍 "Gqom" Across Africa

This word is also used in 4 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Gqom

Hard Durban house genre; also energy.
Gqom 🇿🇦 South Africa

Hard Durban house genre; also energy.
Gqom 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Umculo we-dance (Dance music)
Gqom 🇲🇿 Mozambique

Estilo sul-africano (South African style)

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