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57 relations: Abidjan, Acronym, AllMusic, BBC News, Belgian Congo, Benoît Lamy, Bimi Ombale, Bozi Boziana, Children of Men, Congolese rumba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Empire Bakuba, Europop, Fania All-Stars, Femi Kuti, Franco Luambo, George Foreman, Identity Pieces, Isifi Lokole, Ivory Coast, Kinshasa, Kinshasa Kids, Koffi Olomide, La Sape, La Vie est Belle (1987 film), Le Parisien, Lokole, Lubefu, Macadam Tribu, Manu Dibango, Matonge (Kinshasa), Milan, Muhammad Ali, Mwezé Ngangura, N'Yoka Longo, Ndombolo, Orchestre Bella Bella, Pahan Silu, Paris, Peter Gabriel, Real World Records, Rigo Star, Samuel Eto'o, Secret World Live, Siege, Soukous, Soul music, Syncope (medicine), Tabu Ley Rochereau, The Rumble in the Jungle, ..., TPOK Jazz, Tribal chief, Viva La Musica, World music, Yoka Lokole, Youth subculture, Zaiko Langa Langa. Expand index (7 more) »
Abidjan
Abidjan is the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire and is one of the most populous French-speaking cities in Africa.
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Acronym
An acronym is a word or name formed as an abbreviation from the initial components in a phrase or a word, usually individual letters (as in NATO or laser) and sometimes syllables (as in Benelux).
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AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide or AMG) is an online music guide.
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BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.
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Belgian Congo
The Belgian Congo (Congo Belge,; Belgisch-Congo) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa between 1908 and 1960 in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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Benoît Lamy
Benoît Lamy (19 September 1945 – 15 April 2008) was a Belgian film director, best known for his picture Home Sweet Home (1973).
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Bimi Ombale
Bimi Ombale (21 July 1952- 29 April 2011, born Andre Bimi Ombale, also known as Andre Bimi, Bimi Ombale, Mwana Wabi) was a Congolese singer, drummer and songwriter.
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Bozi Boziana
Mbenzu Ngamboni Boskill, better known as Bozi Boziana (born in 1952), is congolese guitarist and singer.
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Children of Men
Children of Men is a 2006 British-American dystopian thriller film directed and co-written by Alfonso Cuarón.
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Congolese rumba
Congolese rumba, also known as Rumba Lingala, is a popular genre of dance music that originated in the Congo basin during the 1940s, with strong similarities to Cuban son.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo), also known as DR Congo, the DRC, Congo-Kinshasa or simply the Congo, is a country located in Central Africa.
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Empire Bakuba
Empire Bakuba is an influential soukous band that formed in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 1972.
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Europop
Europop (also Euro pop) refers to a style of pop music that originated in Europe during the late 1960s and developed to today's form throughout the late 1970s.
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Fania All-Stars
The Fania All-Stars is a musical group formed in 1968 as a showcase for the musicians on Fania Records, the leading salsa music record label of the time.
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Femi Kuti
Olufela Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti (born 16 June 1962), popularly known as Femi Kuti, is a Nigerian musician born in London and raised in Lagos.
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Franco Luambo
François Luambo Luanzo Makiadi (6 July 1938 – 12 October 1989) was a major figure in 20th-century Congolese music, and African music in general.
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George Foreman
George Edward Foreman (born January 10, 1949) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1969 to 1977, and from 1987 to 1997.
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Identity Pieces
Identity Pieces (Pièces d'identités) is a 1998 Belgian/French/Congolese comedy film written and directed by Mwezé Ngangura.
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Isifi Lokole
Isifi Lokole (later known as Isifi Melodia) were a soukous band from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially as the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a sovereign state located in West Africa.
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Kinshasa
Kinshasa (formerly Léopoldville (Léopoldville or Dutch)) is the capital and the largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Kinshasa Kids
Kinshasa Kids is a Belgian drama film,.
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Koffi Olomide
Antoine Christophe Agbepa Mumba (13 July 1956), known professionally as Koffi Olomide, is a Congolese soukus singer, dancer, producer, and composer.
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La Sape
La Sape, an abbreviation based on the phrase Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Élégantes (French; literally "Society of Ambiance-Makers and Elegant People") and hinting to the French slang word sape which means "attire", is a subculture centered on the cities of Kinshasa and Brazzaville in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of Congo respectively.
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La Vie est Belle (1987 film)
La Vie est belle is a 1987 film directed by Mwezé Ngangura and Benoît Lamy.
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Le Parisien
Le Parisien (French for "The Parisian") is a French daily newspaper covering both international and national news, and local news of Paris and its suburbs.
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Lokole
The lokole is a traditional slit drum played by the Mongo people in different areas of the Congo region, e.g., in the Kasai area.
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Lubefu
Lubefu is a community in Sankuru Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Macadam Tribu
Macadam Tribu is a 1996 comedy-drama produced by José Zeka Laplaine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Manu Dibango
Emmanuel N'Djoké Dibango (born 12 December 1933) is a Cameroonian musician and song-writer who plays saxophone and vibraphone.
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Matonge (Kinshasa)
Matonge, or Matongé, is a notable neighbourhood in the north of the commune of Kalamu within the city of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Milan
Milan (Milano; Milan) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city in Italy after Rome, with the city proper having a population of 1,380,873 while its province-level municipality has a population of 3,235,000.
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Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist.
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Mwezé Ngangura
Mwezé Ngangura (born 7 October 1950) is a film director from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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N'Yoka Longo
N'Yoka Longo Mvula, also known as Jossart, alias Vieux Mbombas, is a DR Congo soukous singer, historical member and current leader of the popular soukous band Zaiko Langa Langa.
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Ndombolo
Ndombolo is a Congolese music genre and dance style, also popular in other African countries such as Kenya and Madagascar.
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Orchestre Bella Bella
L'Orchestre Bella Bella (also known as Frères Soki & l'Orchestre Bella Bella or simply Bella Bella; sometimes written Bella-Bella) was a prominent DR Congo soukous band that formed in the early 1970s.
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Pahan Silu
Pahan Silu (which roughly translates to "dancing candlelight" from its original Sinhala, one of the three primary languages spoken on the island of Sri Lanka) is the name of a band formed in late 2002 by American-born musician Priyan Weerappuli.
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Paris
Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.
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Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer-songwriter, record producer and humanitarian who rose to fame as the original lead singer and flautist of the progressive rock band Genesis.
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Real World Records
Real World Records is a British record label started in 1989 by Peter Gabriel to record and produce world music, as well as his own releases.
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Rigo Star
Rigobert Bamundele, best known as Rigo Star, is an appreciated soukous guitarist and composer from DR Congo, now based in Paris.
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Samuel Eto'o
Samuel Eto'o Fils (born 10 March 1981) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club Konyaspor.
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Secret World Live
Secret World Live is the second live album and tenth album overall by the English rock musician Peter Gabriel, released in 1994.
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Siege
A siege is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or a well-prepared assault.
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Soukous
Soukous (from French secouer, "to shake") is a popular genre of dance music from the Congo Basin.
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Soul music
Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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Syncope (medicine)
Syncope, also known as fainting, is a loss of consciousness and muscle strength characterized by a fast onset, short duration, and spontaneous recovery.
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Tabu Ley Rochereau
Pascal-Emmanuel Sinamoyi Tabu (13 November 1937 or 1940 – 30 November 2013), better known as Tabu Ley Rochereau, was a leading African rumba singer-songwriter from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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The Rumble in the Jungle
The Rumble in the Jungle was a historic boxing event in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) on October 30, 1974 (at 4:00 am).
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TPOK Jazz
OK Jazz, later renamed TPOK Jazz (short for Tout Puissant Orchestre Kinshasa, "all-powerful Kinshasa orchestra"), was a soukous band from the Democratic Republic of the Congo established in 1956 and fronted by Franco.
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Tribal chief
A tribal chief is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom.
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Viva La Musica
Viva La Musica is a popular band from Zaire (now DR Congo) founded by singer Papa Wemba in 1977.
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World music
World music (also called global music or international music) is a musical category encompassing many different styles of music from around the globe, which includes many genres including some forms of Western music represented by folk music, as well as selected forms of ethnic music, indigenous music, neotraditional music, and music where more than one cultural tradition, such as ethnic music and Western popular music, intermingle.
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Yoka Lokole
Yoka Lokole was a soukous band from Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) founded by Papa Wemba and others in 1975 and disbanded in 1978.
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Youth subculture
A youth subculture is a youth-based subculture with distinct styles, behaviors, and interests.
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Zaiko Langa Langa
Zaiko Langa Langa (also spelled Zaïko Langa Langa and in other variants) are a seminal soukous band from DR Congo.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Wemba
