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  2. 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).

  3. Mario (song) - Wikipedia

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    "Mario" is a Congolese rumba song. It was composed in the key of C-flat major, with a moderate tempo of 115 beats per minute. "Mario" has a C, F, G, F chord progression throughout the song. The song begins with Franco's mi-solo guitar, he is then joined by rhythm guitarist Gégé Mangaya.

  4. TPOK Jazz - Wikipedia

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    In 1978 Franco released two songs — "Helene" and "Jacky" — that were deemed "indecent" by the Attorney General of his native country. After a brief trial, he was convicted and sent to prison, along with other band members, including Simaro Lutumba. Franco was released two months later, following street protests.

  5. Franco and Afro Musica - Wikipedia

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    Franco and Afro Musica is a twelve piece kwasa kwasa band from Gabane, Botswana.. The band was founded by Frank "Franco" Lesokwane. As is the norm in the soukous (Congolese rumba) circles for artists to go by more than one names, Lesokwane also goes by several other names like Stango, Molamu, Lepako and Chakala.

  6. Jolie Detta - Wikipedia

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    Following her successful stint with Afrisa, she went on to join Franco's OK Jazz. [9] [19] [20] [5] In mid-1986, she was featured in Franco's EP Le Grand Maitre Franco et son Tout Puissant O.K. Jazz et Jolie Detta, which is a blend of Congolese rumba and soukous and includes collaboration with Simaro Lutumba. [10]

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

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    The DRC has blended its ethnic musical sources with rumba and merengue to give birth to Soukous. [4] Influential figures of Soukous and its offshoots (N'dombolo, Rumba Rock) are Franco Luambo, Tabu Ley, Simaro Lutumba, Papa Wemba, Koffi Olomide, Kanda Bongo Man, Ray Lema, Mpongo Love, Abeti Masikini, Reddy Amisi, Pepe Kalle, and Nyoka Longo ...

  8. Sebene - Wikipedia

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    Franco Luambo is often credited for popularizing and revolutionizing sebene. [1]Sebene, also spelled seben, is an instrumental section commonly played in Congolese rumba. [2] [3] It is usually played towards the end of the song and is the dancing section where the lead and rhythm guitars take the lead in the dance.

  9. Rhumba - Wikipedia

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    Rhumba, also known as ballroom rumba, is a genre of ballroom music and dance that appeared in the East Coast of the United States during the 1930s. It combined American big band music with Afro-Cuban rhythms, primarily the son cubano, but also conga and rumba. Although taking its name from the latter, ballroom rumba differs completely from ...