Jolie Detta
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Jolie Detta Kamenga Kayobote, professionally known as Jolie Detta or Evangeliste Myriam Ndeka, is a Congolese singer-songwriter, dancer, and evangelist. She made her music debut with Choc Stars betwee
Detta in 2019
Franco Luambo
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François Luambo Luanzo Makiadi was a Congolese guitarist, singer-songwriter, bandleader, and cultural revolutionary. He was a central figure in 20th-century Congolese and African music, principally as
Jolie Detta
…evangelist. She made her music debut with Choc Stars between 1983 and 1984. In 1985, Detta joined Tabu Ley's Orchestre Afrisa International and then Franco Luambo's TPOK Jazz in 1986, where she gained national recognition as the lead vocalist in the band's Extended Play (EP) Le Grand Maitre Franco et son Tout…
A young Franco Luambo playing guitar in Léopoldville in 1956
A young Franco in Léopoldville, 1956
Drummer of OK Jazz in Léopoldville
Franco (right), Isaac Musekiwa (left), and Joseph "Mujos" Mulama in Léopoldville, c. 1963