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REVIEW OF KOFFI'S V12 ALBUM
THE LEGACY OF NUTA JAZZ BAND & J.K.T. KIMBUNGA IN TANZANIA'S DANCE MUSIC SCENE
GRAND KALLE: THE FATHER OF CONGOLESE RUMBA
Dr. NICO THE GUITAR SUPREMO OF AFRICAN MUSIC
NUTA Jazz Band
Remmy Ongala: Mwingine kama Simaro Lutumba
MAMA MIA LYRICS BY JOSE CHAMELEONE
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
FRANCO : OKJ ALL TIME GREATEST COMPOSER
THE "African Fiesta National" UNSUNG HERO
LOSAMBO LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY EXTRA MUSICA
THE FAKE COUP
MPONGO LOVE BIOGRAPHY
LES RUMEURS LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION - FRANCO
REVIEW OF KOFFI'S V12 ALBUM
THE LEGACY OF NUTA JAZZ BAND & J.K.T. KIMBUNGA IN TANZANIA'S DANCE MUSIC SCENE
GRAND KALLE: THE FATHER OF CONGOLESE RUMBA
Dr. NICO THE GUITAR SUPREMO OF AFRICAN MUSIC
NUTA Jazz Band
Remmy Ongala: Mwingine kama Simaro Lutumba
MAMA MIA LYRICS BY JOSE CHAMELEONE
SHIDA ZA DUNIA LYRICS
MBARAKA MWINSHEHE MWARUKA
CHAMELEONE DOWN, BUT NOT OUT!
LAYILE LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION
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GRAND KALLE: THE FATHER OF CONGOLESE RUMBA
January 18, 2025 - 12:00 PM
'Mongongo kitoko, tokozua yango lisusu wapi?' This is Tabuley in his song, In Memoriam, in which he collaborated with another titan, Franco. In the song, he is extolling the greatness of Grand Kalle, wondering aloud where the music world can find such a melodious voice, now that the musician is no more. Tabuley himself was considered one of the greatest voices of Rumba Congolaise. For him to declare that someone is as great means that person was exceptionally good. American jazz musician Yves François, who heads a group known as Rocambu (whose name was largely inspired by the Congolese stu...
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......
MPONGO LOVE BIOGRAPHY
January 06, 2025 - 12:50 PM
BIOGRAPHY OF MPONGO LOVE M’Pongo Love, whose real name Alfride M’Pongo Landu is a Congolese musician. She is well known for her soft soprano voice but even more importantly she succeeded in becoming a successful musician despite being disabled. Along with Mbilia Bel, Tshala Mwana, and Abeti Masikini, she is considered one of the greatest female Congolese musicians. MPONGO LOVE’s CHILDHOOD AND EARLY CAREER She was born August 27, 1956, in Boma, a city on the Congo River near the western African coast Her father was an army officer in charge of a military base. Her mother was the director of a social center for the education of girls. In 1960, she......
KAMARU'S JOURNEY IN MUSIC
December 31, 2024 - 10:33 PM
BY JEROME OGOLA There was a musician who was summoned to Gatundu by Mzee Kenyatta, the then Kenya's president, and thoroughly flogged by an angry Mzee. This was a popular celebrity gossip that also made inroads to political discourses in the mod 1970s.What was the musician, and what was the dispute that made old Jomo, that angry? It was all about a song that was released after the assassination of JM Kariuki, pointing an accusing finger at Mzee Kenyatta and suggesting he was complicit. Two songs had been released at the time, themed on the assassination. The songs were by DK Mwai and Joseph Kamaru, both of which were popularly Kikuyu musicians of the day. The person who was flogged......
THE MYSTERY OF THE MALAIKA COMPOSER AND MBOYA'S CONTRIBUTION
December 29, 2024 - 08:21 PM
BY JEROME OGOLA When Kenyan pugilist Robert Nangila was boxed to death in Las Vegas in 1994, a bizarre tussle on who his father emerged with a dozen guys coming up to claim paternity. This could definitely be attributed to his success in the ring, being the only African to win a gold medal in the Olympics and with this kind of achievement, the former star boy had definitely built an enormous financial empire. Malaika is undoubtedly the most popular Swahili song. The ballad has traversed the world, recorded hundreds of times by different musicians, and performed uncountable times. The song is the 'Guantanamera' of East Africa. It hasn't just happened. It has been there for many......
MAKEBA: MAMA AFRICA
December 23, 2024 - 01:47 PM
By Jerome Ogola She performed in Kenya's independence fete in Nairobi in 1963, she carried the Name of Mama Africa, for wearing the face of resilience and determination, she became the most successful African female musician, she was an anti-apartheid crusader, and this isn't all. She collaborated with American calypso legend Harry Belafonte in 1965, in a venture that yielded the 15-track album, A Evening with Belafonte and Makeba, she was once married to Jazz superstar Hugh Masekela, she spent almost her entire life exiled abroad and only made a return when South Africa gained independence in the early 1990s. She is Mirriam Zenzile Makeba. All these accolades don't adequately......
WHEN TWO GIANTS LANDED IN KISUMU
December 21, 2024 - 01:00 PM
Last weekend, Kenya's lakeside town of Kisumu was to experience a rare spectacle in a music extravaganza that was to feature two of the DRC's most iconic music bands: Quartier Latin of Kofi Olomide and Zaiko Langa Langa of N'Yoka Longo. Kisumu, a town that sits on the shores of Lake Victoria, is an epicentre of the evolution of Kenya's most dominant music genre, benga. It prides itself on a thriving entertainment industry, with dozens of bands performing in numerous venues. News of such big names visiting was bound to excite fans, especially bearing in mind that few major artists have visited the town since 1986, when the concrete wall blocking Franco from his fans had to be brought......
THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF FRANKLIN BOUKAKA
December 18, 2024 - 06:31 PM
Franklin Boukaka was a rare and extraordinary talent whose artistry transcended music to embody the spirit of resistance and activism. Franklin Boukaka (October 10, 1940 - about February 23–24, 1972) was a Congolese baritone singer, guitarist, and songwriter who is recognized as one of the pioneers of Congolese popular music. He performed in bands based on each of "the two Congos," i.e., the countries now named the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was a gifted composer, poet, and musician, Boukaka's life was tragically cut short at the age of 32 when he was executed in 1972 following a failed coup in Congo-Brazzaville.......
TSHALA MUANA: THE SONGBIRD OF DRC
December 10, 2024 - 04:00 PM
By Jarome Ogola. Tshala Muana is easily one of the most recognized and celebrated African female musicians. In the mid-1980s, she was a household name across the region with her songs, receiving regular airplay in many radio programs. Her hit song 'karibu yangu' gained wild popularity in entertainment joints. The showmanship that was introduced to Congolese music by James Brown, in the 1974 boxing bout concert, between the legendary Mohammed Ali and George Foreman, popularly known as 'Rumble in the Jungle ‘and perfected by local bands like Orchestre Sosoliso and Orchestre Stukas, found a continuation into the 1980s through Tshala's powerful stage performances. Her dancing......
DIBLO DIBALA BIOGRAPHY
December 09, 2024 - 04:00 PM
Diblo Dibala, often known simply as Diblo, is a Congolese soukous musician, known as "Machine Gun" for his speed and skill on the guitar. He was born in 1954 in Kisangani. He moved to Kinshasa as a child, and aged 15 won a talent competition which led to him playing guitar in Franco's TPOK band. Dibala remained with the group for only a short period, going on to play with Vox Africa, Orchestra Bella Mambo, and Bella Bella, in which band he first played with Kanda Bongo Man. Diblo earned his musical reputation in Paris, but he began his career in Congo-Kinshasa, playing in relative obscurity with Bella Mambo, an offshoot of the popular band Bella Bella. Together with singer Kanda Bongo Man,......
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