VETERAN MUSICIA KING KIKI IS DEAD

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VETERAN musician King Kiki is dead.

Kiki also known as Kikumbi Mwanza Mpanga died yesterday in a Daresalam hospital.

Kiki one of the Congolese musical exports to Tanzania came into East Africa in 1971 with orchestra Fauvette of Ndala Kasheba and made Daresalam his home.He was among the star-studded Maquis Du Zaire line-up that also included soloist Field Marshal Nguza Vicking, sqz olayer Chinyama Chiyanza, bassist Illunga Banza Mchafu, Kanku Kell,  Tshimanga Assosa, Vumbi Dekula Kahanga among others, that gave you Karubandika among other age-less classics.

He also sang with several other Tanzanian big bands. He will be buried in Daresalam.

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