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Mama Africa: Miriam Makeba Legacy Lives on.

November 23, 2024 - 07:05 PM Same date 92 years ago, in Prospect Township, near Johannesburg, South Africa, a South African-born singer who became known as Mama Afrika, Miriam Makeba was born. (died November 10, 2008, Castel Volturno, near Naples, Italy). She is one of the world’s most prominent Black African performers in the 20th century. The daughter of a Swazi mother and a Xhosa father, Makeba grew up in Sophiatown, a segregated Black township outside of Johannesburg, and began singing in a school choir at an early age. She became a professional vocalist in 1954, performing primarily in southern Africa. By the late 1950s, her singing and recording had made her well-known in South Africa, and......

Biography of Mounk'a Pamelo

November 23, 2024 - 03:00 PM Biography of Mounk'a, Pamelo(M'Bemba, Yves André "Pablito") Congolese singer and song writer; born Brazzaville, May 10, 1945; died Brazzaville, Jan. 14, 1996.Brazzaville-born Pamelo quenched his thirst for music in Kinshasa. He loved the sounds of African Jazz, and he made the twenty-minute ferry ride across the Congo River to see them play whenever he could. He had been composing songs in the popular Congolese rumba style, some of which he eventually gave to the band's young new singer Tabu Ley Rochereau. At least one of them, "Paquita," became a hit for the band. Pamelo, then known as "Pablito," was set to join African Jazz himself when the band suddenly split apart. Back......

MADILU BLESSURE D'AMOUR LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

November 23, 2024 - 09:35 AM BLESSURE D'AMOUR (WOUND OF LOVE) LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATIONSONG BY MADILU SYSTEM Intro :Ye mei MADILU multi-systemAh yo ndeko ya mwasi, oyé kobeta nga kabakata ya likofiPona kosolola na mobali nayoVraiment oybi te que mobali nayo ayali yaya nanga ya quartierBasalaka boyé te, boni ko? Intro:It's MADILU multi-systemOh, my sister, you gave me a blow on the headBecause I spoke with your husbandYou really do not know that your husband is my big brother in the neighborhoodnoble people don't act in that manner?) Namesana nanga bitumba te mama boni oko kanela nga nasali yo nini ehNgayi ko na boundaka te mamaBanda nabotama nasala nanga ata physique te ohWapi nzoto ya......

THE BAOBAB OF BANGO

November 23, 2024 - 08:19 AM With 70 years on stage, blowing the saxophone and singing to entertain revelers, Mzee Ngala is undoubtedly a musical baobab in the country. The huge fig has survived turbulent winds that brought others down. He has been there and seen it all. He could be the oldest performing musician in the country. That's not all he pioneered a genre, made it popular, and even got it ingrained in the coastal cultures to become an integral part of their social-cultural heritage. It isn't strange to hear a local say 'Harusi si harusi bila Bango', (a wedding is incomplete without bango). We trace the genesis of the musical journey of Mzee Ngala to 1955, when he dropped out of Shimo La Tewa Secondary......

PAPA NOEL: GUITAR GENIUS, NOT A CHRISTMAS STORY

November 22, 2024 - 03:30 PM PAPA NOEL: GUITAR GENIUS, NOT A CHRISTMAS STORY. A lie that's told repeatedly, finally wears a gown and graduates into a truth, especially if an authentic truth is coming out, from any direction of trust. Was the fallen giant of Congolese music, Papa Noel aka Nedule Montswet born on Christmas as oftentimes alleged? No! Papa Noel, popularly known as Ya Nono, especially by his peers, told the Diamant Noir (Black Diamond TV) that he wasn't born on Christmas day of 1940 or of any other year. Of course, no one knows anyone better than themselves, as such, it is very sad to conclude that Papa Noel wasn't born on Christmas. This relegation comes with a domino effect on other popular......

RAIL ON LYRICS

November 20, 2024 - 04:27 PM Rail On lyrics by Papa Wemba Machozi yangu yote namalizika Mie nitalala na nani We unaenda Mie mpaka ni mawazoo ooh ooh mie mpaka ni kuwazawaza we unaenda unaenda kama ile njia yako enda kama ni maisha yako fuata wee dada rail on... Rail on, rail on, rail on, think thats the way Leo paka ni mawazo ooh Hapo unaniacha ohh kama we unaenda we unaenda we unaendaaaaa Rail on, Rail on, Rail on think that's the way x4 Rail on think that's the way... Jabulani Radio Livestream Next Track Track History ...

MOSE-KONZO

November 18, 2024 - 05:07 AM MOSE-KONZO this is a mid-1970s classic by Tabuley's Afrisa, one that exemplifies the depth of talent at this orchestra that had at the time, a few years ago made a maiden appearance for an African band at the famed Olympia in Paris. The soloist in this song was Maitre Dizzy aka Pierre Mandjekou Lengo. He had joined this band after stint with his own Kossa Kossa. He was at this time Afrisa's first choice soloist but the band also had Dino Vangu. The band had two rhythmsts as well around this time, Bopol and Lokassa. Definitely, at that time Lokassa was the master of the accompaniment, as the Congolese call the rhythm guitar. Lokassa did the rhythm of the song, as Bopol took up the......

VETERAN musician King Kiki is dead.

November 16, 2024 - 03:00 PM SAD NEWS 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. Jabulani Radio......

TRIBUTE TO THE LEGEND

November 15, 2024 - 07:50 AM AWILO aka Albert William Longomba one of the greatest drummers in the history of rumba congolaise lays a wreath in the grave of his former boss at Viva La Musica, Le Kuru Papa Wemba at Necropole Cemetery. AWILO is a musical giant in his own right was a star drummer with Loketo in the 80s. He played both percussion and drums. He is a son of musical legend Vicky Longomba who sang with Franco's OKJ in the 60s. He is also half-brother Lovy Longomba of Kenya's Super Mazembe and uncle to Longombas. Jabulani Radio Livestream Next Track Track History ...

INNOS COLLABORATES WITH AWILO

November 15, 2024 - 07:37 AM Artist Innoss’B has announced a second collaboration with Awilo Longomba. The two artists released the track “Long Hands” in late 2022 and the clip has accumulated more than 11 million views on YouTube. In a post on social media, the Young Leader announced a new collaboration. It can be said that the clip has already been shot. In the teaser, the two artists are seen dressed as the former dancing to a very danceable song. “After the success of your song MABOKO MILAYI, our new collaboration is comingAWILO LONGOMBA MBONGO NA NGA feat INNOSS’B ... We look forward to your challenge videos, wrote Innoss’B. This will probably be a generic that......

Jabulani Library

Mama Africa: Miriam Makeba Legacy Lives on.

Biography of Mounk'a Pamelo

MADILU BLESSURE D'AMOUR LYRICS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION

THE BAOBAB OF BANGO

PAPA NOEL: GUITAR GENIUS, NOT A CHRISTMAS STORY

RAIL ON LYRICS

MOSE-KONZO

VETERAN musician King Kiki is dead.

TRIBUTE TO THE LEGEND

INNOS COLLABORATES WITH AWILO

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