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Affectionately referred to as “Pepe,” Ndombe Opetum have been lead vocalist of Afrisa International when he and horn player Empopo Loway were invited to become listed on Franco’s band, TPOK Jazz. Opetum produced his impact experienced almost immediately. Furthermore to successfully changing important vocalist Sam Mangwana, he made up two …

Sam Mangwana is among the last of the fantastic Zairean rumba (soukous) vocalists. A previous person in such seminal organizations as Tabu Ley Rocherau’s Africa Fiesta and Franco’s TPOK Jazz, Mangwana offers steered soukous from your hard-edged noises of his predecessors. Based on the Washington Post, “While his previous employers …