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ZAIKO LANGA LANGA

January 15, 2025 - 04:55 AM Today, we take our spades and dig into the rich Biography of Zaiko Langa Langa. This is an Innovative Congolese rumba band, formed in 1970. Its most prolific members included:Michel Anto "Evoloko" (born Kinshasa, May 20, 1954; vocal), Matima Kinuani (born Sona Bata, Congo-Kinshasa, Apr. 14, 1951; died Liege, Belgium, May 29, 1996; guitar), Félix Manuwaku Waku (born Kinshasa, Aug. 19, 1954; guitar), Siméon Mavuela Somo (born Congo-Kinshasa; vocal), Meridjo Belobi (born Congo-Kinshasa; traps), D.V. Moanda (born Congo-Kinshasa, 1947; died Kinshasa, Jan. 9, 1984; founder), Muaka Mbeka "Bapius" (born Boma, Congo-Kinshasa, Feb. 27, 1951; bass), Nyoka Longo "Jossart" (born......

PEPE: THE LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE GIANT OF AFRICAN MUSIC

January 14, 2025 - 05:45 PM PEPE: THE LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE GIANT OF AFRICAN MUSIC. The year is 1991, and Pepe Kalle is visiting Tanzania. He has a scheduled show in Arusha, and the team is traveling around Arusha in a taxi, marveling at the picturesque aura of the town situated at the foot of an inactive volcanic Mt. Meru, a town known for its vibrant nightlife. An enchanted passenger is engaged in a hearty banter about the town, a conversation that happens in Lingala. The driver is female, in itself a rare occurrence, but that's not all. There is something more about her. Ordinarily, Tanzanians don't speak Lingala, although the reverse is true: most Congolese speak Swahili, especially those from Eastern Congo, as......

SHIDA ZA DUNIA LYRICS

January 13, 2025 - 04:07 PM Rafiki yangu alikuja nyumbani,Kunielezea shida Fulani,Ati alifukuzwa kazini na hajui atafanya nini,Mke wake amemutoroka,Rafiki zake wanamcheka,Shida amepata nyingi amechoka,Dunia anajuta.Acha kulia, shida za dunia,Hebu tulia mungu anakujali pia,Acha kulia, shida za dunia,Hebu tulia mungu anakujali pia,Maisha mwendo ni pole,Ukipata shida leo usikonde,Wengi wako kama wewe usijali,Acha kulia ni Maisha makali,Tazama kwanza uone kesho,Usikonde uwape kichekesho,Maisha itakuwa na matatizo,Uombe mungu, atakupa uwezo,Acha kulia, shida za dunia,Hebu tulia mungu anakujali piaAcha kulia, shida za dunia,Hebu tulia mungu anakujali pia,Hizo shida usifikirie uko nazo pekee yako,Labda mungu anakuletea......

MBARAKA MWINSHEHE MWARUKA

January 13, 2025 - 02:10 AM “Hakuna kitu kibaya sana humu duniani kama shida Haichagui mtu siku wala miaka oh oh oh Haina katu taarifa shida wengi shida bila hodi Si mtoto wala mkubwa wote shida... Kila siku shida Shida haiishi hadi siku ya mwisho oh ohh...” Haya ni maneno ya wimbo mmoja kati ya nyimbo nyingi ambazo zilikuwa zikipigwa mapema asubuhi kwenye redio ya Voice of Kenya, sasa KBC. Mtu aliye nyuma ya maneno haya ya kipekee alikuwa msanii wa muziki kutoka Tanzania, Mbaraka Mwaruka Mwinshehe, ambaye alifariki miaka 38 iliyopita. Mbaraka alizaliwa tarehe 27 Juni 1944, na alikuwa mtoto wa pili katika familia ya watoto 12. Baba yake, Mwinshehe Mwaruka, alikuwa msomi katika moja ya mashamba makubwa ya......

CHAMELEONE DOWN, BUT NOT OUT!

January 11, 2025 - 06:53 AM Ugandan musician Joseph Mayanja, known by his stage name Jose Chameleone, was flown to the USA last week for further treatment. He had been rushed to the hospital in critical condition. The musical sensation, with over 13 albums in a career spanning two decades, had been diagnosed with chronic pancreatitis, a condition often caused by excessive alcoholism. His health has deteriorated significantly in recent months. Guests, including the country's president Yoweri Museveni, fellow musicians, and celebrities, had been visiting the Kampala hospital to express their solidarity with the ailing icon. The state catered for his flight abroad, recognizing his monumental status in the......

LAYILE LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

January 09, 2025 - 04:42 PM ENGLISH TRANSLATION 1) Layile booked for an unplanned holiday for meFor me to go to restThis will allow him toPlay with othersAh play with others (women) 2) Layile shared my loveLayile betrayed my love ye ye, ah Layile ehWhat can I do 3) Layile booked for an unplanned holiday for meFor me to go to restThis will allow him toPlay with othersAh play with others (women) 4) Layile shared my loveLayile betrayed my love ye ye, ah Layile ehWhat can I do (FRANCO) 5) Layile, how come you’ve betrayed our loveWhile you send me and the kids on holidayYou also plan to stay partyingWith other women 6) You’ll take me and the kidssend us to cold countriesYou know I suffer from......

NDAYA BY MPONGO LOVE LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

January 09, 2025 - 06:00 AM NDAYA BY MPONGO LOVE Nayebaki iiih,(I just knew that,)Suka se kotingama eeh,(At last, my marriage will hold,)Ya ngai na mobali na ngai iih,(My marriage with my husband,)Pantalo mokaba mama aaah,(We will stick together like a belt on a trouser,my dear rival,)Tobalana kosukisa bilobela ango ya bato ooh,(We got married to end the peoples' idle talk/gossips,)Likwela ya ngai na cherry suka lilita ma aah.(This is my marriage with my sweetheart, only death will do us part, my dear rival.)Nayebaki iiih,(I just knew that,)Suka se kotingama eeh,(At last, my marriage will hold,)Ya ngai na mobali na ngai iih,(My marriage with my husband,)pantalo mokaba mama aaah,(We will stick together like a belt on......

MBARAKA MWINSHEHE MWARUKA

January 08, 2025 - 02:00 PM MBARAKA MWINSHEHE MWARUKA “Hakuna kitu kibaya sana humu duniani kama shidaHaichagui mtu siku wala miaka oh oh ohHaina katu taarifa shida wengi shida bila hodiSi mtoto wala mkubwa wote shida...Kila siku shida Shida haiishi hadi siku ya mwisho oh ohh...” These are the lyrics from one of the many songs that used to be played early in the mornings on the Voice of Kenya radio, now KBC. The man behind these immortal words was Tanzanian singer Mbaraka Mwaruka Mwinshehe, who died 38 years ago. Mbaraka was born on June 27, 1944, and was the second born in a family of 12 children. His father, Mwinshehe Mwaruka, was a clerk at one of the big sisal farms in Tanzania. But the early......

OK JAZZ GREATEST COMPOSER OF ALL TIMES

January 08, 2025 - 12:15 PM 'Babotoli ya malili', the air conditioner has been confiscated. This is a line from Franco's hit "Mokolo Tonga," known as "Taileur." The other line is: "Okomi komona pasi ya bangungi, okomibeta mbata na nzoto." The second line, translated, means you will be slapping yourself like everyone else to chase marauding mosquitoes from your face. The song was composed while Franco was incarcerated at Makala prison for composing and recording songs that were considered explicit. He was chiding Kengo Wa Dondo, who had been the country’s attorney but had since been fired from the job. The song is just a tip of the iceberg in a bid to illustrate who was the master composer at OK Jazz.......

THE "AFRICAN FIESTA NATIONAL" UNSUNG HERO

January 07, 2025 - 05:21 PM By JEROME OGOLA Dead men tell no tales, and this reality offers authors a license to skew history in a manner that hoists them as heroic status than they really are in reality. Writing while every other player is dead, inspires the writer to make statements that may be untrue as he is sure to get away with. In his book, Les Couilises De La Musique Congolaise, writer Faugus Izeidi, has been accused by pundits of trying to gobble more limelight through his writings, than he really worked for, as a musician. The bone of contention has largely been about the innovation of the mi-solo guitar, which he claims to be his creation. This position as presented in his narrations, could......

Jabulani Library

ZAIKO LANGA LANGA

PEPE: THE LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE GIANT OF AFRICAN MUSIC

SHIDA ZA DUNIA LYRICS

MBARAKA MWINSHEHE MWARUKA

CHAMELEONE DOWN, BUT NOT OUT!

LAYILE LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

NDAYA BY MPONGO LOVE LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

MBARAKA MWINSHEHE MWARUKA

OK JAZZ GREATEST COMPOSER OF ALL TIMES

THE "AFRICAN FIESTA NATIONAL" UNSUNG HERO

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ZAIKO LANGA LANGA

PEPE: THE LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE GIANT OF AFRICAN MUSIC

SHIDA ZA DUNIA LYRICS

MBARAKA MWINSHEHE MWARUKA

CHAMELEONE DOWN, BUT NOT OUT!

LAYILE LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

NDAYA BY MPONGO LOVE LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

MBARAKA MWINSHEHE MWARUKA

OK JAZZ GREATEST COMPOSER OF ALL TIMES

THE "AFRICAN FIESTA NATIONAL" UNSUNG HERO

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Rumba Chronicles (26)

Programs

Weekend Rhumba Twilight Mix

Weekend Soukous Odyssey

Benga Blast

Rhumba Revival

Weekend Zilizopendwa Mix

Weekend Rhumba Mix

Latest podcasts

Legend Franco Luambo Makaidi

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