Stereo-ized 1965 Phillips mono Missa Luba: Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin perform an arrangement by Father Guido Haazen. The entire album has never been reissued, and no currently available recording matches the original's spirit.
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Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post showcases five selections from the 1965 Congolese music album entitled "Missa Luba".
Information about that album is included in this post.
The content of this post is presented for religious, cultural, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who were associated with this album and thanks to satelloon, the publisher of these sound files on YouTube.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - Missa Luba 1965: Credo (B3)
satelloon, Dec 16, 2007
Stereo-ized 1965 Phillips mono Missa Luba: Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin perform an arrangement by Father Guido Haazen. The entire album has never been reissued, and no currently available recording matches the original's spirit.****
SHOWCASE VIDEO #3- Missa Luba 1965: Ebu Bwale Kemai, marriage ballad (A3)
satelloon, Dec. 16, 2007
Stereo-ized 1965 Phillips mono Missa Luba: Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin perform an arrangement by Father Guido Haazen. The entire album has never been reissued, and no currently available recording matches the original's spirit
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SHOWCASE #4 - Missa Luba 1965: Sanctus (B4)
satelloon, Dec. 16, 2007
Stereo-ized 1965 Phillips mono Missa Luba: Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin perform an arrangement by Father Guido Haazen. The entire album has never been reissued, and no currently available recording matches the original's spirit****
SHOWCASE #5: Missa Luba 1965: Agnus Dei (B6)
satelloon, Dec. 16, 2007
Stereo-ized 1965 Phillips mono Missa Luba: Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin perform an arrangement by Father Guido Haazen. The entire album has never been reissued, and no currently available recording matches the original's spirit****
INFORMATION ABOUT THE MISSA LUBA
From https://religion.fandom.com/wiki/Missa_Luba
"The Missa Luba is a version of the Latin Mass based on traditional Congolese songs. It was arranged by Father Guido Haazen, a Franciscan Friar from Belgium, and originally performed and recorded in 1958 by "Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin", a choir of Congolese children from Kamina.
Background
Father Guido Haazen arrived in the Belgian Congo in 1953 from Belgium. In 1954 he founded the Troubadours (named for Baudouin I of Belgium) as a choir of 45 boys aged 9 to 14 and 15 teachers from Central School in Kamina. In 1958 the ensemble toured Europe to acclaim, at one point singing with the Vienna Boys Choir. There was a high degree of improvisation in the performances, based around traditional song forms. The Sanctus is based on a Kiluba farewell song.[1]
The first recording, which dates from 1958, features solo vocalist Joachim Ngoi and was released as an album on the Philips label in 1963 in the UK (and two years later in the USA), including a selection of songs used as the basis for the Missa Luba. The contiguous "Sanctus" and "Benedictus" sections were released as a single, which spent some time on the record chart in the UK. In 2004 Philips released the original
recording on CD (without the Congolese songs), plus a 2000 recording on DVD. The CD also includes the Misa Criolla and Misa Flamenca performed by other artists.
Since the 1960s the Missa Luba has been recorded by other choirs, including The Muungano National Choir of Nairobi, and the Washington Choral Arts Society.
Father Haazen died in 2004.
Musical arrangement
The "Kyrie" and the "Credo" are wholly elaborated like the "kasalas" which are still performed according to
the Ngandanjika (Kasai); the "Sanctus" and the "Benedictus" were inspired by a magnificent "Parting-song in Kiluba." The "Gloria" is improvised in the typical Kiluba-style of the Katanga. The "Hosannah" is a genuine rhythmic dance of the Kasai, and the "Agnus Dei" is a typical Bena Lulua (Luluabourg) song.
Originally the music was not written. The composition was the result of general cooperation and of a spontaneous inspiration. Later, sheet music of Haazen's arrangement was published.
In the "Credo" the text (the crucifixion and the death of the Redeemer) is preceded by the usual announcement of death, first on the Kyondo and then on the Kikumvi (Tom-Tom). Then follows a genuine "kilio" (elegy - dead-song) without percussion accompaniment, sung by the solo voice. The doleful tone is stressed by the repeated and sustained o-sounds ("... etiam prono ... bis, sub Pontio Pilato... ).
The Missa Luba was created by Baluba of the Kasai and Katanga, with Father Haazen.[1]"...
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This pancocojams post showcases a video of the song "Effrakata" by vocalist Koffi Olomide. "Effrakata" is the first track on Olomide's award winning December 2001 album with that name.
Information about Koffi Olomide is included in this post along with lyrics (in Lingala?) and selected comments from that video's discussion thread.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Koffi Olomide for his musical legacy. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT KOFI OLOMIDE
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koffi_Olomide [retreived in 2013]
"Antoine Christophe Agbepa Mumba, also known as Koffi Olomide (Friday, July 13, 1956), is a DR Congolese soukous singer, dancer, producer, and composer. He is also known by a multitude of other names and aliases.[1]
He was born in Kisangani, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. His father is Congolese (Gbandi tribe from Equateur region) and his mother was born from a Sierra-Leone father and a Congolese mother (Songye tribe from Kasaï region). According to the ethnic custom of his Sierra-Leone grand father, his mother named him 'Koffi' because he was born on a Friday."...
[retrieved Feb. 12, 2017, same link]
"Antoine Christophe Agbepa Mumba (born 13 July 1956),[1] known professionally as Koffi Olomide, is a Congolese soukous singer, dancer, producer, and composer. He has had several gold records in his career. He is the founder of the Quartier Latin International orchestra with many notable artists, including Fally Ipupa and Ferré Gola."...
Koffi ….mostly refers to himself as "Mopao…. Koffi's talent could be compared to the once king of African rhumba, Luambo Makiadi, who also saw many artists pass through his expert hands during his days. Today, he is one of Africa's most popular musicians.[3]...
Koffi Olomide will be in Kampala this month for a number of charity activities and a music concert. He will be the headlining artiste at a charity concert organised by Rotary Uganda. Here’s a few facts about the singer.
1) Koffi Olomide is 57 Years Old. He was born Christophe Antoine Agbepa Mumba, to a Congolese father and Sierra Leone mother on 13 July 1956.
2) The name Koffi was given to him in line with the common West African naming tradition (Sierra Leone, Ghana) in relation to the day of the week one is born. Koffi is one of the names given to boys born on Friday.
Popular male names for the other weekdays are: Kojo(Monday), Komla(Tuesday), Kwaku(Wednesday), Yao(Thursday), Kwame(Saturday) and Kwasi(Sunday)
3) Koffi Olomide is a proud holder of a Bachelors’ Degree in Business Economics. He also has a Masters’ Degree in Mathematics from the University of Paris.
4) He started his music career with Papa Wemba’s band, Viva la Musica, initially as a composer and song-writer, and later as a vocalist and lead-singer.
5) The name Olomide was coined during his time at Viva La Musica. Koffi was such an impressive songwriter that one day in 1977 Papa Wemba exclaimed, “Ooh! l’homme idee” (Oh! the idea-man!). A funkier version of the words was adopted – Olomide. Koffi Olomide would later become his official stage name."...
6) Koffi Olomide went solo in 1986, forming his own band that he called Quartier Latin. He does a unique genre, a slower style of soukous that he calls Tcha Tcho."...
This song [titled "Washington"] is from the album Effrakata, the album which allowed Koffi Olomide to win 4 Kora awards in one night...
Trivia: Koffi speaks like an average person would speak in the streets of Kinshasa.
He keeps up with the current terminologies-especially when he is the first celebrity to popularize them."..
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LYRICS- EFFRAKATA
(Koffi Olomidé)
"L'homme est petit (eh!)
Dieu est grand tout le monde le sais"
Effrakata eye
Effrakata eye’
Oya mbuta muntu Filibert
mesana kobenga petite momi
kobenga petite momi
kobenga petite moto
yaka awa yaka na kabela yo nzimbu eh
yaka na kabela yo mbongo mama
Aller quand petite momi viendra, Filibert akosani maladie
Nani atindaki yo, yo olia biloko
yo okomi kudila nga muana eh Yezu
Ya male woo, ya male wo wo eh
ya male mama ma ya male mama
yanga yibila nga yibila nga yibila muana eh
Ye abeta Zenith, Olympia, Bercy tomona ba corriga te
Effrakata eye
Makundile ye tobina libondas wo wo wo
tuzola nge kaku wena...
Le grand Mopao mokonzi be songanzila ehh
kou boloko ka bélé ka chiri n'samu wa ngolo ko, ku mputu mpé ka tukiri ka wa lunga
ko wa ba... Rata dia yika na mbulu-mbulu mbo ka yayana ntia ba n'shimba
kuba yayaya yo
Source: https://sonichits.com/video/Koffi_Olomid%C3%A9/Effrakata; Contributed by Jacob G.
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"L'homme est petit (eh!)/ Dieu est grand tout le monde le sais" is French. The English translation is "The man is small (eh!)/God is great everybody know it"
What does "Effrakata" and "Effrakata eye" mean? What is this song about? Are these lyrics in Lingala?
English or French translations for these lyrics would be greatly appreciated.
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Koffi Olomide – Effrakata
InfernoGroupe Uploaded on Dec 15, 2010
Effrakata - 2002
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Here are some selected comments from this video's discussion thread. I've assigned numbers for referencing purposes only.
2013
1. ouattara bourama
"super star,formateur des formateurs,l'époque de mopao mokonzi avec la meilleure génération du quartier latin...
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Google translate from French to English:
"Super star, trainer of trainers, the time of mopao mokonzi with the best generation of the latin quarter"
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2. PEAU2LUNE
"Merci d'avoir actualisé cette vidéo. Ah MOPAO, toujours imité mais jamais égalé, le talent à l'état pur. Tu es et resteras le plus grand chanteur Africain du siècle car tu allies talent, classe, intelligence et beauté. Je t'aime et t'aimerai toujours tant que le Seigneur me prêtera vie. Je te supplierai d'ailleurs de tout actualiser chaque fois y compris "Petit frère ya Jesus". Po to linganaka vraiment. La plus Koffiphile des gabonaises."
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Google translate from French to English:
"Thank you for updating this video. Ah MOPAO, always imitated but never equaled, talent in the pure state. You are and will remain the greatest African singer of the century because you ally talent, class, intelligence and beauty. I love you and will always love you as long as the Lord lends me life. I beseech you to update everything every time including "Little brother ya Jesus". Po to linganaka really. The most Koffiphile of the Gabonese."
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3. Gospicnic
"Gosh, Patience Ibe used to be the hottest Nubian Queen under the African sun"
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2014
4. Bismark Williams
"can someone tell me why this guy dresses so different in his videos?"
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Reply
5. Ezekiel Mokonzi Production
"Coz he a baaouss"
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"baaouss" = "badass"
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6. Franck Ulrich
"he has nothing to prove he has conquered the world respect him"
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7. mike ngiama
"How old was Kerosene na brigade in this clip"
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"Kerosene" is the stage name of a singer in Koffi Olomide's group who is featured in this video.]
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8. Denzel Menga
"15"
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2015
9. TraceyLK
"When I was young my mum always listened to Koffi Olomide in the house and I hated it. But now I want to thank her for raising me with this amazing music. Thanks Mum, you're the best.
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Reply
10. Lester CheeseBoy
"+≛T≛ loool yh same with my Dad"
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11. Giovanni, 2016
"the same with my mum"
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Oloya Noel
12. "YOU PROVE THE ORIGINS OF AFRO MUSIC IS BORN FROM ZAIRE/CONGO BIG UP KOFFI OLOMIDE"
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2016
14. Foday Lanfia Kallon
"Am proud to be an African, I luv Congolese music so much, all the way from Sierra leone,"
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15. Tendai Mashayamombe
"Am from Zimbabwe and Koffie often comes here a lot. His music transcends cultural and tribal boundaries weldone quadrakora man"
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"quadrakora man" = refers to the four Kora awards that Koffi Olomide won for this album. Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kora_Awards for information about Kora awards. Here's an excerpt from that article: "The KORA All Africa Music Awards are music awards given annually for musical achievement in sub-Saharan Africa. Founded in 1994 by Ernest Adjovi, they are comparable to the American Grammy Awards in intent. The award is named after the kora, a West African plucked chordophone."...
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16. Mimi Virgo
"very nice, love his music, but gosh he is weird"
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17. joellamm1
"+Miriam Pierre lol"
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Kristina kihanda, 2016
18. "Mimi Virgo He is not weird,just unique.."
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19. Jabu Maetha
"much love from South Africa , this one remind me of my Congolese brother from another mother Ettienne Kangudia . I miss you bro I have leaned a lot from you brother"
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2016
20. samuel agbemavor
"qui a meme chanter dans la chanson? en tout cas cest pas koffi olomide"
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Google translate from French to English:
Who even sang in the song? In any case it is not koffi olomide
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21. Slim Shady
"C'est pas du chant c'est de l'ambiance, un générique comme ils appellent ça et puis l'Auteur et le Compositeur de cette chanson c'est Koffi lui-même puisque Effrakata c'est son album solo et pas celui du Quartier Latin"
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Google translate from French to English:
"It's not singing it's atmosphere, a generic as they call it and then the Author and Composer of this song is Koffi himself since Effrakata is his solo album and not that of the Latin Quarter"
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22. Herve-greg Kabonte
"Cette chanson est une oeuvre de "Kerozene" et "Brigade"; deux animateurs congolais.
Mais vu qu'à l'époque les responsables des groupes signaient seul tous les "génériques", tous les mérites leur revenaient."
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Google translate from French to English:
"This song is a work of "Kerozene" and "Brigade"; Two Congolese leaders."
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23. F Zulu
King Koffi rocks
But considering that at the time the leaders of the groups signed all the "generics" alone, all the merits came back to them.
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princevita
24. "still a banger 2016!!!!"
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King Stechaaa
25, "2017 & this song still bangs🎉"
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From http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=banging
"banging
Excellent, of high quality. Derives from dance music, especially house, in which a tune that rocks the dancefloor is referred to as being "banging". "That tune is banging!", "That jacket is banging!"
This pancocojams post showcases a video of the Congolese song "Nina" with singers Nyboma, Pepe Kalle, and featuring guitarist Dally Kimoko and comedian Sans souci
This post also provides information about Pepe Kalle, and Soukous music and provides several comments from this video's YouTube discussion thread.
The content of this post is provided for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Nyboma and Pépé Kallé for their musical legacy. Thanks also to all the vocalists, musicians and dancers that are featured in this video. Thanks to all those quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.
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INFORMATION ABOUT SOUKOUS MUSIC
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soukous
"Soukous is a genre of dance music[1] that originated from Cuban Rumba music in the Belgian Congo and French Congo during the 1940s and gained popularity throughout Africa.
Soukous is known as Congo in West Africa and 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. It mixes the kwasa kwasa with the fast tempo zouk style and Congolese rumba. It is also an individual dance...
While the rumba influenced bands such as Lipua-Lipua, Veve, TP OK Jazz and Bella Bella [continued playing that style of music], younger Congolese musicians looked for ways to reduce that influence and play a faster paced soukous inspired by rock n roll.[9] A group of students called Zaiko Langa Langa came together in 1969 around founding vocalist Papa Wemba. Pepe Kalle, a protégé of Grand Kalle, created the band Empire Bakuba together with Papy Tex and they too became popular.
Soukous now spread[s] across Africa and became an influence on virtually all the styles of modern African popular music including highlife, palm-wine music, taarab and makossa'"...
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INFORMATION ABOUT PEPE KALLE
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9p%C3%A9_Kall%C3%A9
"Pépé Kallé, sometimes written as Pepe Kalle (November 30, 1951 – November 28, 1998) was a soukous singer, musician and bandleader from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Pépé Kallé was born Kabasele Yampanya in Kinshasa (then Léopoldville) in the Belgian Congo, but later assumed his pseudonym in hommage to his mentor, Le Grand Kallé.
With a multi-octave vocal range and a dynamic stage presence, the 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) and 136 kg (300 lb) vocalist recorded more than three hundred songs and twenty albums[citation needed] during his two decade-long career. Known affectionately as "the elephant of African music" and "La Bombe Atomique,"[citation needed] Kallé entertained audiences with his robust performances.
His musical career started with l'African Jazz, the band of Le Grand Kallé. He later performed in Bella Bella and became the lead singer of Lipua Lipua, where he sang alongside Nyboma Mwandido. In 1972, Kallé along with Dilu Dilumona and Papy Tex, left Lipua Lipua to form their own band named Empire Bakuba. Empire Bakuba took its name from a Congolese warrior tribe, and it pointedly incorporated rootsy rhythms from the interior, sounds that had long been sidelined by popular rumba. The band was an instant hit, and together with Zaiko Langa Langa they became Kinshasa's most popular youth band. With hits such as Pépé Kallé's Dadou and Papy Tex's Sango ya mawa, the band was a constant fixture on the charts. They also created a new dance, the kwassa kwassa.
On their tenth anniversary in 1982, the band was voted Zaire's top group. Throughout the early 1980s, Empire Bakuba continued to tour extensively while releasing no less than four albums a year. By the mid eighties, they had a large following throughout Francophone Central and West Africa. His 1986 collaboration with Nyboma labelled Zouke zouke was one of the years top selling albums. But it was his second collaboration with Nyboma, Moyibi (1988), which launched his popularity throughout Africa."...
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLE:
The video that was uploaded with this post is no longer available. Here's another copy of the same video:
-snip- Unfortunately, I STILL haven't found an English translation or English summary of this Lingala song.
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EXAMPLES FROM THIS VIDEO'S VIEWER COMMENT THREAD [These comments are from the original video that was uploaded in this post.]
horridhenri, 2010
"Great music. kuasa kuasa at its best. with the most successful comedian Sans souci mokili ngonga(rip) Koko dia Nzombo et Kimbanseke papa alube. Pepe Kalle and Niboma what a ccombination. surely you made us dance and forget aour problems. Bless you all. keep up the good work. speak up for peace in congo."
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PierB33, 2010
"Ah quelle beaute... This song is simply great. The lyrics, the rythm, the singing, the arrangements, everything is simply great..."
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Marija Dominyka, 2010
in reply to Matt Sseru
"@mattsseru It is Dally Kimoko and Lokassa Ya Mbongo. Dally Plays lead and Lokassa plays the rythmn that you can hear in the background. :)"
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spicee221, 2010
"Nybomas' voice is like expensive silk....Flawless and exquisite. This is simply beautiful. Thanks for posting."
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horridhenri, 2010
"Great music. kuasa kuasa at its best. with the most successful comedian Sans souci mokili ngonga(rip) Koko dia Nzombo et Kimbanseke papa alube. Pepe Kalle and Niboma what a ccombination. surely you made us dance and forget aour problems. Bless you all. keep up the good work. speak up for peace in congo."
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Mr Jeno, 2010
'Reminds me of my childhood when my dad use to play this song every Saturday morning. I love it. Pure African music at it's best. This song may be old but it is still great."
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kamoquot, 2010
"the best lingala i av ever had"
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“Lingala” here is probably being used as a synonym for “soukous” / “African rumba”
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SuperKayaya, 2012
"Ils peuvent tout ravir aux congolais. Mais ils ne reusiront jamais à nous ravir nos talents et notre joie de vivre. Jamais."
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Google translate from French to English= “They can steal all Congolese. But they never reusiront to rob us our talents and joie de vivre. Ever.”
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Dennis Orina, 2013
"party anthem...taking u back way back .when music was still music...i mean b4 it became public noise...music wit lots of sense..heiyooo..pepe kalee...
This post showcases a video of the Congolese female vocalist Mbilia Bel singing "Faux Pas". The lyrics of that song are provided by a YouTube commentor. Several other comments from that YouTube discussion thread are also provided in this post.
In addition, this post provides information about African rumba as well as information about Mbilia Bel.
The content of this post is provided for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Mbilia Bel for her musical legacy. Thanks also to all those quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube. Special thanks to Job Mokaya for providing the English translation of this song which is sung in the Lingala language.
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INFORMATION ABOUT AFRICAN RUMBA
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soukous
""Soukous", a derivative of the French word "secousse" – "to shake"[2] – was originally the name of a dance and music popular in the Congos in the late 1960s, an African version of the Cuban Rumba. From the 1940s, Afro-Cuban son groups such as Septeto Habanero and Trio Matamoros had been played over Radio Congo Belge in Léopoldville (Kinshasa), and the Congo shared the widespread popularity of Cuban music during the late 1940s and 1950s.[3]
To Africans, Cuban popular music sounded familiar[4] and Congolese bands started doing Cuban covers, singing the lyrics phonetically. Eventually they created original compositions with lyrics in French or Lingala, a "lingua franca" of the western Congo region. The Cuban horn guajeos were adapted to guitars.[5] The Congolese called this new music "rumba", though it was more based on "son"."
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INFORMATION ABOUT MBILIA BEL
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M'bilia_Bel
"M'bilia Bel (born 1959) is a Congolese rumba singer, known as the Queen of Congolese rumba. She rose to fame after being discovered by Tabu Ley Rochereau.
Born in 1959 and brought up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, M'bilia Bel became successful in the early 1980s when she recorded and toured with Tabu Ley Rochereau, and made her own solo albums. The birth of her first child prompted her to take a break from performing, however, and after a last album with Tabu Ley in 1987, she moved to Paris. There she started working with guitarist Rigo Star, and between 1989 and 1990 she went on tour to the United States, the United Kingdom, and West Africa. With a combination of beauty, an angelic soprano voice, and tremendous agility on stage, M'bilia Bel stole the hearts of music fans all over the continent. She was Africa's first female transcontinental diva. She became the first female musician from Africa who could claim popularity all over the entire continent and beyond. In fact, one could argue that there has not been any female musician from Africa who has captured the imagination of music fans across the continent as much as M'bilia Bel did in the eighties. South African Miriam Makeba, known as Mama Afrika, popularity peaked in the 1960s but could not attract as many fans as M'bilia Bel did later."...
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLE: Congo - Mbilia Bel- Faux Pas
Seka Moke Uploaded on Jul 31, 2008
AFRICA FROM A-Z : CONGO - MBILIA BEL
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LYRICS - FAUX PAS (English translation)
(as sung by Mbilia Bel)
Note: These lyrics were posted by Job Mokaya, 2013 in four comments to this YouTube discussion thread. Aside for the first comment given, given the way that YouTube publishes comments, I'm not sure if I'm reproducing the comments in the lyrics in the order that they were posted.
"LYRICS: “Faux pas” means “Wrong move” or “Wrong act” A song of Tabu Ley Rochereau, sang by the queen Mbilia Bel: [Verse] Stay there where you are, I’ve heard that you are requesting my address So you are being send by my rival I want you to forget my man now. I can’t fight you because I’m peaceful I’ve been hearing about you quite for some time. You’re being send to take my man away from me. Go back to where you are coming from. Ask to those who know about me when I go crazy.
What can I say now, who is that one making a big mounth claiming my man? Oh no, I can’t believe it, this is embarrassing, oh no, not to me M’bilia; The type of marriage we get ourself into has many faces. You wake up in the morning and you are being confroted with infidelity; You feel like going crasy, Not knowing what else to do, Oh no, not me M’bilia; In our time poligamy is taken lightly; In the time past it was dignified. Where is all of this leading us to? and to where are we taking this?"
I’ve been hearing about you quite for some time. Where ever I would go you would inquire about my whereabout. You’re being sent by my rival. But the one sending you is fooling herself. Now she’s sending you to get my man for her, but at the same time, you yourself start to fall in love with him. “You can not leave a goat along with kassava leaves”. You should know that the man is mine; You and your friend are temporary. I’m not strong enough to fight, but with my words I can piece you off
Rivalry is very painful, heartbreaking. You’re coming from “I don’t know where” and you want to kate my man away from me; I would lose my mind and I will do anything to prove you otherwise. A rival is only a “rival”. What friendship should we have? What you don’t want done to you, don’t do it to another. It hurt, it’s heart breaking. Now what else can I tell you? The man is mine. Who are you to claim my man? This is crasy. This is embarrassing! oh no; not me Mbilia"
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LusaMonene1, 2013
"So the song is about love rivalry, good work Mokaya."
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faustino henrique, 2013
"Many Thanks, Mr. Job Mokaya, because most of us doesn´t know understande Lingala and a translation in Portuguse, English or French (for me, in this case) is very useful. Once again, many thanks."
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hombredeciencia, 2009
"Esta canción se escuchó mucho en la costa norte de Colombia en los años 80s. Tiene un ritmo Bárbaro. todo un exitazo. This song on a lot on the north coast of Colombia in the 80s. Barbaro has a rhythm. everything a hit. where can I get the letter.
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Herrick OCHOM, 2009
"I adore this lady so much that she remains me off my past while i was growing up kid in kampala in the mids 80s. where are you these days. beautifull musics and the voice..ooh my god.."
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yankin, 2012
"a CLASSIC!"
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ALEX CARLOS NUÑEZ SALVO, 2013
"this song in my city Barranquilla Colombia, was and will remain a success in folk dances. Mbilia Was there she knows."
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Revocatus Nyefwe, 2013
"Every one at the age of 30 on in tanzania knows mbilia and we love her..........she used to stole all the night clubd performance and bits"
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missevegee, 2013
"Its nice to hear that our beautiful mbilia is so appreciated by people outside congo. She is congo's dearest pride in music. She sings in Lingala which is the native language of the democratic republic of congo. I am planning to translate her music for all her non-congolese fans :)))"
This post showcases a sound file of the song "Independence Cha Cha" composed by Joseph "Grand Kalle" Kabasele and performed by the renown Congolese band "African Jazz". This post also information about Joseph "Grand Kalle" Kabasele , information about the song "Independence Cha Cha", the English lyrics for that song, and selected comments from this sound file's YouTube viewer comment thread.
The content of this post is presented for historical, cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All content remain with their owners.
Thanks to Joseph "Grand Kalle" Kabasele and the other musicians and singers featured on this record for their musical legacy. Thanks to the publisher of this sound file on Youtube and thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.
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INFORMATION ABOUT JOSEPH "GRAND KALLE" KABASELE
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Grand_Kall%C3%A9
"Joseph Athanase Tchamala Kabaselleh (16 December 1930 in Matadi, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) – 11 February 1983 in Paris, France), popularly known as Le Grand Kallé, was a Congolese singer and bandleader, considered the father of modern Congolese music...
He came from a prominent Congolese family, which included Cardinal Joseph Malula[2] Kallé went to secondary school and became a typist at a succession of commercial firms in the capital of the Belgian Congo, Léopoldville.
In the early 1950s at a new recording studio called Opika he received an opportunity to pursue a career in music.[2][clarification needed] His first group was OTC, led by George Doula.[1]
In 1953, disillusioned with the lack of modernisation at OTC, he formed l'African Jazz which thought to be the most important Congolese band.[1] L'African Jazz was one of the most popular early African Rumba bands. At its height, L'African Jazz included big names like guitarist Dr Nico Kasanda, saxophonist Manu Dibango and singers Tabu Ley Rochereau, Sam Mangwana and Pepe Kalle.[3]"...
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Click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Grand_Kall%C3%A9_et_l%27African_Jazz for information about the band "African Jazz".
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG "INDEPENDANCE CHA CHA"
From http://www.nationalanthems.us/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1103579751 written by Jan December 14, 2004
"The "Indépendance Cha-cha" was written by the famous Congolese Singer Joseph Kabasele (also known as Kabasele Kale) in 1959, when the Round Table talks about a future indepencence of the Belgian Congo were held in Brussels. In a half humorous, half political way, the author asks the politicians and political movements of his country to put their differences aside and to join their efforts to achieve independence.
The patriotic dancing song, which met the musical taste of many urban Congolese people in the dancing halls at that time, was performed for the first time in February 1960, about four months before the declaration of independence of the Congo took place on 30th June 1960. During the turbulent period after independence, it became a quintessential tune not only for Congo-Léopoldville, but also for whole Africa, which obtained independence during the early 1960s.
Sadly, Kabasele Kale's appeal for unity was not heared in the Congo, and the political differences soon led to a civil war."
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SHOWCASE EXAMPLE
Grand Kalle - Independance Cha Cha
Sir82000, Uploaded on Jul 1, 2008
An old school track about my country's independance, enjoy the real african beat!
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LYRICS: INDEPENDENCE CHA CHA (in English)
English translation version by Franklin Katunda
Ref: Independance cha-cha declared
Oh Freedom cha-cha we've conquered
At the Round Table they won
Oh Liberty cha-cha we've conquered!
1. Asoreco and Abako
United as one
Conakat and Cartel
had joined the Front commun.
Bolikango, Kasavubu, Lumumba and Kalondji
Bolya, Tshombe, Kamitatu, oh Essandja, and Elder Kanza.
2. The Mnc, the Ugeco
Abazi and Pdc
The Psa and African Jazz Band
were all victorious at the Round Table!
Note:
ASORECO, ABAKO, CONAKAT, CARTEL, FRONT COMMUN, MNC, PDC, UGECO, ABAZI and PSA were the Congolese political parties that participated at the Round Table. African Jazz was the Musical Band which originally performed the "Indépendance Cha-cha". Jean Bolikango, Paul Bolya, Moise Tshombe, Albert Kalondji, Cleophas Kamitatu, Essandja and Mbuta Daniel Kanza were leaders of political and/or separatist movements in Congo.
Patrice Lumumba was the first prime minister of the independent Congo (assassinated in January 1961) and Joseph Kasavubu was the first President of the Congo.
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THE EMBEDDED VIDEO'S VIEWER COMMENT THREAD
These selected comments are presented in chronological order based on the year of their YouTube posting date. The oldest dates are given first. These comments may not be in consecutive order.
2008
yvesfrancois
perfect record, and a great homage to two of the greatest people (actually 3): grand kalle, patrice lumumba and docteur nico's excellent guitar solo (BTW: did you know that tabu ley is not on this record, but franco et ok jazz's vocalist vicky is), all the best, yves francois
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2010
EYOMA1
God bless africa and this tune which stand for all african's countries independance day
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2012
Eric Zadio
the african's rumba start.
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ccrider
how Cuban records first got over to the Congo in the 30's and 40's who knows, but the link between Cuba and Africa can't be denied. Afro Cubano music developed on it's own across the Atlantic and then a few hundred years later it goes back and influenced Joseph Kabasele & African Jazz, which kicked off a whole new sound in the Congo and beyond. wonderful!
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Didier J. MARY
06/30/1960 Congo's independence...
Here's, probably, the mother of all independence songs, by Joseph Kabasele Tshamala aka Grand Kalle.
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PAM Genome
Certainly! one of the greatest Independence songs
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ccrider
Dr Nico Kasanda on the guitar, he would go on to develop soukous music.
This post showcases Congolese singer Tabu Ley Rochereau (also known as Tabu Ley) singing his song "Kaful Mayay". Information about Tabu Ley, and information about Soukous music (also known as African Rhumba) are also included in this post. In addition, this post includes an English translation and summary of this song from that sound file's viewer comment thread.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
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INFORMATION ABOUT TABU LEY ROCHEREAU
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabu_Ley_Rochereau
"Pascal-Emmanuel Sinamoyi Tabu (13 November 1937 or 1940 – 30 November 2013),[1][2] better known as Tabu Ley Rochereau, was a leading African rumba singer-songwriter from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was the leader of Orchestre Afrisa International, as well as one of Africa's most influential vocalists and prolific songwriters. Along with guitarist Dr Nico Kasanda, Tabu Ley pioneered soukous (African rumba) and internationalised his music by fusing elements of Congolese folk music with Cuban, Caribbean and Latin American rumba. He has been described as "the Congolese personality who, along with [the dictator] Mobutu, [most] marked Africa's 20th century history."[3] He was dubbed the "African Elvis" by the Los Angeles Times.[4] After the fall of the Mobutu regime, Tabu Ley also pursued a political career.
During his career, Tabu Ley composed up to 3,000 songs and produced 250 albums."
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INFORMATION ABOUT SOUKOUS (AFRICAN RHUMBA) MUSIC
From http://www.scaruffi.com/history/african.html "A brief summary of African Popular music"
by Piero Scaruffi excerpted from "The History of Popular Music"
"During the 1950s, when they experienced rapid urbanization and a relatively booming economy, the two French-speaking colonies of the Congo area (capitals in Brazzaville and Kinshasa) witnessed the birth of an African version of the Cuban rumba played by small American-style orchestras (called "kasongo", "kirikiri" or "soukous") with a touch of jazz and of local attitudes: Joseph "Grand Kalle" Kabasselleh's African Jazz (that counted on vocalist Tabu Ley, guitarist "Docteur" Nico Kasanda, saxophonist Manu Dibango), Jean-Serge Essous' O.K.Jazz (featuring the young Franco), Orchestre Bella Bella, etc. Each orchestra became famous for one or more "dances" that they invented. So soukous (as Ley dubbed it in 1966) is actually a history of dances, rather than one monolithic genre (Ley's definition originally applied only to a frenzied version of rumba). A guitarist named Jimmy Elenga introduced "animation": instructions yelled to the crowd in order to direct their dances. Animation eventually became part of the dance, delivering both the identity of the dance, the (ethnic) identity of the band and a (more or less subtle) sociopolitical message. As dictators seized power in both Congos, musicians emigrated to other African countries, to Europe and to the USA, thus spreading soukous around the world, while in Zaire (Congo Kinshasa) soukous bands were used for Maoist-style propaganda purposes ("l'animation politique").
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Click http://myafricanmusic.com/mycustomradio_d1c.php for a link to Soukous music radio.
This song is about domestic violence song...
Tabu Ley was a great women advocate...he was a voice for women...he sang a lot about women issues specially with Mbilia Bel....
The song is about all the abuse this woman is subject to in the hands of her husband...
She's crying...saying I am going back home...
I am tired of a life with a husband who doesn't love me...
It's hard to live in a loveless marriage...
I am doing everything he wants...
I am cooking, cleaning the house, doing his laundry...
But he still beats me up, calls me name...and mistreats me...
I am eating but I am still losing weight because of this stressful marriage...
I have decided to go back home...God forbid he kills me....
I am not going to risk my life just for the sake of being married..."
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Agréable djo, 2014
"une femme parle un certain DIBUANA dans cette chanson de Papa Tabu ley: Dibuana , suis devenu l' offrande , je rentre au village parceque mon marie me rend la vie difficile . Dibuana je m'en vais , je rentre au village de mes parents parceque mon marie me menace, j'évite la honte pour ce grand problème qu'il m'a fait, moi l'enfant de maman, je ne dors pas la nuit , mon mari me tappe tout le temps, laisse moi partir, ça me fait très mail au coeur , s'il faut que reste ici ,ça sera ma mort , bien que le mariage c'est pas mauvais . Dibuana je suis devenu l'offrande , parceque je suis envouté par mes parents. je commence a maigrir , mon marie m'insulte tu le temps, je ne mange plus comme il faut de peur que mon marie me tue, oh mon Dieu ça m'étonne, c'est malhereux pour ce mariage contre ma volonté Mayay( le non de son mari) . je fais la cuisine et le ménage , la lessive comme il faut, je faits tout ce qu'il me demande , oh mon Dieu je ne supporte plus ce mariage sans amour. j'ai peur parceque nous sommes marié selon les normes de la notre coutume, oh mon coeur je suis devenu l'offrande , le mari de Kitshoul je refuse (kitsoul : une forme de mariage chez les Bayanzi une tribu du congo dont Papa Tabu fait parti) Mayay un petit qui s'est marié avec sa femme de coutume(kitshoul) Kaful Mayay c.a.d. pose la question à Mayay. elum'akua me Kalumayay é ne alélél ( pose la question à Mayay si tu veux savoir le jour de ma mort, et y aura des pleurs) . mieul epar epar Kaful Mayay ( il à des chiques dans ces pieds) . il dit ds sa parôle que je t'émbette et je t'insulte dans ma langue maternelle et tu me mettra nul part"
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Translation from French to English (from Google translate)
a woman speaks in a DIBUANA this song Papa Tabu ley: Dibuana, became the offering, I returned to the village becaufe my marie makes life difficult for me. Dibuana I go, I go back to my parents' village becaufe my marie threatens me, I avoid the shame for this great problem that was me, the child mom, I do not sleep at night my husband off with me all the time, let me go, it makes me very mail to heart, whether that stays here, it will be my death, although marriage is not bad. Dibuana I got the gift, because I am captivated by my parents. I began to lose weight, you insult my married me time, I can not eat it right lest my marie kill me, oh my God I'm surprised it is Malhereux for marriage against my will Mayay (the not her husband). I do the cooking and cleaning, washing as it should, I made everything he asks me, oh my God I can not stand this loveless marriage. I'm afraid because we are married according to the standards of our custom, oh my heart I became the offering, the husband of Kitshoul I refuse (kitsoul: a form of marriage in Bayanzi a tribe of Congo which is Papa Tabu party) a small Mayay who married his wife usual (kitshoul) Kaful Mayay cad raises the question Mayay. elum'akua me Kalumayay é do alélél (Mayay ask the question if you want to know the day of my death, and will cry). mieul separated separated Kaful Mayay (it classy with these feet). ds he said his word and I'll émbette I insult you in my mother tongue and you put me anywhere
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Here is the comment that I posted in response to that summary:
"Agréable djo, thank you so much for this summary of this song. Here’s what I think you wrote in standard American English:
The song is about a young bride who returns to her parent’s village because of a difficult marriage. In the song the woman describes being unable to sleep at night because she , never knows where her husband is. S he says that although marriage itself isn’t bad, if she stayed there that would have been her death. She began to lose weight, she couldn’t eat right. She was married against her will [but] she did everything her husband asked of her. She said “ I do the cooking and cleaning, washing as I should. I made everything he asks me. Oh my God, I can not stand this loveless marriage. I'm afraid because we are married according to the standards of our custom, oh my heart I became the offering, the wife of Kitshoul. I refuse (kitsoul: a form of marriage in Bayanzi a tribe of Congo which Papa Tabu belonged). Mayay ask the question if you want to know the day of my death, and [you] will cry”
[or is it "I will cry?]”
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I don’t understand the rest of this summary. Also, I don’t know what the word "Dibuana". Is that a personal name? And is "Mayay" a personal name (Is that the husband's name?) I’m still unsure what the title “Kaful Mayay” means.
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Thanks to Tabu Ley Rochereau for his music legacy. Thanks also to those who are quoted in this post and to the publisher of this sound file on YouTube>
This pancocojams post showcases five videos by Congolese vocalist Koffi Olomide. These videos range from 2006 to 2012. Information about Koffi Olomide is included in this post. Information about Soukous music is also included in this post.
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
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INFORMATION ABOUT KOFI OLOMIDE
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koffi_Olomide
"Antoine Christophe Agbepa Mumba, also known as Koffi Olomide (Friday, July 13, 1956), is a DR Congolese soukous singer, dancer, producer, and composer. He is also known by a multitude of other names and aliases.[1]
He was born in Kisangani, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. His father is Congolese (Gbandi tribe from Equateur region) and his mother was born from a Sierra-Leone father and a Congolese mother (Songye tribe from Kasaï region). According to the ethnic custom of his Sierra-Leone grand father, his mother named him 'Koffi' because he was born on a Friday.[2] Koffi grew up in the city of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in a middle-class family, where education was valued.
He earned a scholarship and went to study in Bordeaux, France where he obtained a Bachelors Degree in Business Economics. He is also reported to hold a Masters Degree in Mathematics from the University of Paris...
Upon his return to Congo in the 1970s he joined Papa Wemba's band, Viva la Musica, at first as a composer and song-writer, and later as a vocalist and lead-singer. He launched his solo career. In 1986, Koffi formed his band known as Quartier Latin, which celebrated its 20-year anniversary in 2006. Since then, he has performed and recorded both with the group and by himself. Over the years, he has built up a faithful fan base Internationally, particularly in Africa and Europe. Koffi popularized the slower style of soukous, which he dubbed Tcha Tcho. Koffi's music can be quite controversial, taking on current events and topics considered taboo in some conservative societies. He has also participated in the salsa music project Africando. For his effort, Effrakata, released in 2001-2002, Koffi received four Kora Awards on a single night at the annual Kora Awards in South Africa for 2002/2003, including the award for Best African Artist, which he had earlier won in 1998. More recently, he has won the Kora Award for "Best African Artist of The Decade". This led to the establishment of one of his many aliases as the 'Quadra Kora Man'...
Koffi, who mostly refers to himself as Mopao... Mopao is the undisputed king of romantic rhumba. Not only that, he is one of Africa's biggest musicians today."
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INFORMATION ABOUT SOUKOUS MUSIC
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soukous
"Soukous is a genre of dance music[1] that originated from African rumba music of the Belgian Congo and French Congo during the 1940s and gained popularity throughout Africa.
Soukous is known as Congo in West Africa and 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.
Soukous", a derivative of the French word secousse - " to shake"[2] - was originally the name of a dance popular in the Congos in the late 1960s, an African version of the Cuban Rumba. From the 1940s Afro-Cuban son groups such as Septeto Habanero and Trio Matamoros had been played over Radio Congo Belge in Léopoldville (Kinshasa) and the Congo shared the widespread poplarity of Cuban music during the late 1940s and 1950s."[3]...
The fast soukous music currently dominating dance floors in central, eastern and western Africa is called soukous ndombolo, performed by Dany Engobo, Awilo Longomba, Aurlus Mabele, Koffi Olomide and groups like Extra Musica and Wenge Musica among others.
The hip-swinging dance to the fast pace of soukous ndombolo has come under criticism amid charges that it is obscene. There have been attempts to ban it in Mali, Cameroon and Kenya. After an attempt to ban it from state radio and television in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2000, it became even more popular. In February, 2005 ndombolo music videos in the DR Congo were censored for indecency, and video clips by Koffi Olomide, JB M'Piana and Werrason were banned from the airwaves.[14][15][16]"
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FEATURED VIDEOS
(These videos are posted in chronological order by the date of their posting on YouTube with the oldest video posted first.)
Example #1: Koffi Olomide-Moudoungou
bberlinn, Uploaded on Dec 31, 2006
Danger De Mort 2006: Koffi Olomide & Quartier Latin
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Example #2: Insecticide - Koffi olomide
KSF Kasaflo Uploaded on Jan 15, 2007
La vidéo de ferré insecticide dans danger de mort
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Example #3: Koffi Olomide - Effervescent (Clip Officiel)
Koffi OLOMIDE, Aug 21, 2014
Koffi Olomide Effervescent Clip Officiel de l'alubm
Effrakata KOFFI CENTRAL est un label de production mit sur pied par l'artiste
musicien KOFFI OLOMIDE dans le but de promouvoir la nouvelle génération
d'artistes en République Démocratique du Congo et dans le monde entier.
www.kofficentral.fr
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Example #4: Congo - KOFFI OLOMIDE GENERIQUE DE FORCE DE FRAPPE / DJ OMEGA BP EN HD & 3D
Herve Zonzolo, Aug 16, 2015
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Example #5: Koffi Olomide Clip Tatami Abracadabra Official Video HD
hamadou Sawadogo, Jul 8, 2012
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Thanks to Koffi Olomide for his musical legacy. Thanks also to all those featured in these videos, to the producers of these videos, and to their publishers on YouTube.
This post showcases a video of South Sudanese female models.
This video features music by the Congolese vocalist Mbilia Bel and by the Senegalese American vocalist Akon.
The content of this post is presented for its cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic values.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
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FEATURED VIDEO
South Sudanese Models and Musicians (2012)
SA2010fan, Published on Jul 27, 2012
A short video to showcase the beauty of South Sudanese women. Positive comments welcome. Enjoy!
Music: "Nakei Nairobi" by Mbilia Bel and "Mama Africa" Akon
Note: I don't own the rights to any of these pictures or music.
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INFORMATION ABOUT MUSICAL ARTISTS
From http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ct_lv2ooKs
"M'bilia Bel (born 1959) is a Congolese rumba singer, known as the Queen of Congolese rumba. She rose to fame after being discovered by Tabu Ley Rochereau.
Born in 1959 and brought up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, M'bilia Bel became successful in the early 1980s when she recorded and toured with Tabu Ley Rochereau, and made her own solo albums"...
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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akon
"Aliaune Damala Badara Akon Thiam (born April 16, 1973), professionally known as simply Akon, is a Senegalese American R&B and hip hop recording artist, songwriter, record producer and businessman.
Akon was born in St. Louis, and spent much of his childhood in the West African country Senegal, which he describes as his "hometown."...
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND THANKS
Thanks to the models who are featured in this video & the musical artists whose music is featured in this video.
My thanks also to the producer & the uploader of this video.
