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  2. Rayvanny - Wikipedia

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    He is the most successful bongo flava musician in Tanzania from Mbeya region. His songs are mainly in Swahili. He is also the founder and CEO of Next Level Music. [3] Rayvanny is best known by his song "Kwetu", which introduced him to the world. Rayvanny was mentioned by MTV Base among "Acts To Look Out For" in 2017. [4]

  3. Marioo - Wikipedia

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    Marioo went on to release other successful Bongo Flava singles such as Raha, Inatosha, Asante, For You, Anyinya, Chibonge, Ya Uchungu and many others. [5] In 2020, Marioo released his smash hit Mama Amina, which was an Amapiano song infused with some elements of Bongo Flava. The song was marked number 11 on the list of best Tanzanian songs of ...

  4. Bongo Flava - Wikipedia

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    Bongo is a term which was originally used to refer the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam. [5] Outside Tanzania, Bongo is often referring to Tanzania. [6] Bongo as a term originated in the late 70's during a very difficult time following both the global fuel shocks of the 70's and the Kagera war against Uganda.

  5. Owerri Bongo - Wikipedia

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    In 1972, Nze Dan Orji, and Raphael Amarabem formed the Peacocks International Band. The band’s first single, “Sambola Mama,” was the first truly popular Bongo music. It would go on to sell 150,000 copies in Ghana, and more than double that amount in Nigeria. The 1970s and ‘80s marked the strongest periods in the trajectory of Bongo ...

  6. Jack Costanzo - Wikipedia

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    A composer and drummer, Costanzo is best known for having been a bongo player, and was nicknamed "Mr. Bongo". He visited Havana three times in the 1940s and learned to play Afro-Cuban rhythms on the bongos and congas. Costanzo started as a dancer, touring as a team with his wife before World War II.

  7. Cándido Camero - Wikipedia

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    Cándido Camero Guerra was born in the barrio known as El Cerro, in Havana, to Caridad Guerra and Cándido Camero. [1] [2] [3] His interest in music began at the age of 4, when his maternal uncle Andrés, a professional bongosero for the Septeto Segundo Nacional, taught him to play bongos on condensed milk cans.

  8. Civilization (Bob Hilliard and Carl Sigman song) - Wikipedia

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    Civilization" is an American traditional pop song. It was written by Bob Hilliard and Carl Sigman, published in 1947 [1] and later included in the 1947 Broadway musical Angel in the Wings, sung by Elaine Stritch. [2] The song is sometimes also known as "Bongo, Bongo, Bongo (I Don't Want to Leave the Congo)", from the first line of its chorus ...

  9. Kanda Bongo Man - Wikipedia

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    Kanda Bongo Man (born Bongo Kanda; [1] 1 January 1955) is a Congolese soukous musician born in Inongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He became the singer for Orchestra Belle Mambo in 1973, [ 3 ] developing a sound influenced by Tabu Ley . [ 4 ]