soukous

noun

sou·​kous ˈsü-ˌküs 

: popular guitar-driven dance music created in the Democratic Republic of the Congo under the influence of Cuban rumba

Word History

Etymology

African French (of Brazzaville and Kinshasa) soucous, soukous, a dance popular in the late 1960s, alteration of French secousse jolt, jerk

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above