Kuduro – taniec młodego pokolenia Angoli. Charakterystyka zjawiska

Kuduro is a type of music and dance which was created in the capital city of Angola (Luanda) at the end of 1980’. It combines batida with electronic music such as techno and house and also with rap, originating from US. The paper presenting this type of dance starts with its general characteristic, then continues describing factors influencing current shape and functions of kuduro. Next, we present in details the movements of this dance and conclude with an overview of the dance forms and the definition of kuduro dance which summarize the information presented in the paper.