amapiano means A house music subgenre that emerged in South Africa, often incorporating jazz piano and lounge music. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.
Etymology
Borrowed from Zulu [Term?] (literally “the pianos”).
noun
- A house music subgenre that emerged in South Africa, often incorporating jazz piano and lounge music.“A new generation of amapiano artists reference kwaito not only in terms of its style but for what it meant to the culture, as the soundtrack to a generation breaking free from the oppression of Apartheid.”