Tag Archives: Kekele

Bumba Massa emerged in the 1970s, performing a homegrown dance music indebted to Zairean rumba, and offering rise from what is now referred to as Zam-rhumba.

It isn’t for nothing that this users of Kékélé called themselves following a fibrous vine using their local Congo River basin. The vine can be used to make lengthy ropes, as well as the band’s music artists have all experienced long, strong professions in music before time for the sound …

Probably one of the most important users of Franco’s legendary Okay Jazz music group, guitarist Papa Noel’s quick-fingered virtuosity and light, airy contact made him a significant shape in the music of Zaire (afterwards the Democratic Republic of Congo). Delivered Noel Nedule circa 1941, Papa Noel was raised in Brazzaville …