Soukous (also known as Lingala or Congois) is a genre of dance music that originated from Congo during the 1940s and gained popularity throughout Africa.Soukous is known as Lingala in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania after the Lingala language of the lyrics. In Zambia and Zimbabwe, where Congolese music is also influential, it is still usually referred to as Rumba. Today, it mixes the kwasa kwasa with the fast tempo zouk style and Congolese rumba. It is also an individual dance.