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  2. TPOK Jazz - Wikipedia

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    OK Jazz, later renamed TPOK Jazz (short for Tout Puissant Orchestre Kinois de Jazz), was a Congolese rumba band from the Democratic Republic of the Congo established in 1956 and fronted by Franco. The group disbanded in 1993, but reformed in 1996.

  3. Congolese rumba - Wikipedia

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    Congolese rumba, also known as African rumba, is a dance music genre originating from the Republic of the Congo (formerly French Congo) and Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire). With its rhythms , melodies , and lyrics, Congolese rumba has gained global recognition and remains an integral part of African music heritage .

  4. Rumba - Wikipedia

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    Once local bands tried to emulate the sound of Cuban son (incorrectly referred to as "rumba" in Africa, despite being unrelated to Cuban rumba), their music became known as Congolese rumba or rumba Lingala. By the late 1960s, Congolese rumba was an established genre in most of Central Africa, and it would also impact the music of West and East ...

  5. Kékélé - Wikipedia

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    The African-record producer Ibrahim Sylla formed Kekele in 2000 to record its first album, Rumba Congo. [1] According to one report, the band was originally intended as a "one-off" effort, only meant to exist for that one album. [2] The word kekele in the Lingala language means a type of fibrous vine, sometimes woven together to make rope. One ...

  6. Soukous - Wikipedia

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    Soukous (from French secousse, "shock, jolt, jerk") is a genre of dance music originating from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) and the Republic of the Congo (formerly French Congo). [1]

  7. Awilo Longomba - Wikipedia

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    He then unveiled the music video of his Congolese rumba and Afrobeats-inspired single "Canon" on 15 April, which was directed by Ace Video director Moe Musa. [110] On 23 April 2021, Longomba was featured on Harmonize 's single "Attitude", which rapidly amassed three million YouTube views in 24 hours.

  8. Music of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia

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    Call it soukous, rumba, Zairois, Congo music, or kwassa-kwassa, the pop sound emanating from Congo's capital, Kinshasa has shaped modern African culture more profoundly than any other. Africa produces music genres that are direct derivatives of Congolese Soukous. Some of the African bands sing in Lingala, the main language in the DRC.

  9. Franco Luambo - Wikipedia

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    A young Franco Luambo playing the six-string guitar on a wooden chair outside a house in Léopoldville in 1956. François Luambo Luanzo Makiadi was born on 6 July 1938 in Sona-Bata [], a town located in then-Bas-Congo Province (now Kongo Central), in what was then the Belgian Congo (later the Republic of the Congo, then Zaire, and currently the Democratic Republic of the Congo).