Kanda Bongo Man was the king of "kwassa kwassa" - the infectious dance sound from Democratic Republic of Congo which started in the 1970s. He was a giant of African music in the 1990s and was ...

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New York — FLASHING a wide grin, Kanda Bongo Man spun his rotund body around and gazed out at the packed dance-floor at BB King's club in Times Square. The reigning king of Congolese soukous polished ...

Legend. Musicians today live in the shadows of the dazzling artistry of Congolese rumba and soukous. Congolese star Kanda Bongo Man stands so tall among the soukous giants that it is often said if he ...

Kanda Bongo Man is the world’s leading exponent of soukous, the hottest, most frenetic dance music to come out of Africa for decades. Driven by the peppery pulse of a hypnotic percussive attack and ...

Kanda Bongo Man is one of the great showmen of the Congolese music scene. He's arguably the best-known exponent of soukous, the guitar-based style that evolved from Congolese rumba to captivate ...

Mbilia Bel sounds exactly the same in person as she does on radio. In fact, as impossible as it seems in this age of auto tune, her voice is even more impressive when she is seated right in front of ...

Congolese music legend, Kanda Bongo Man, who is the main act for this year’s African Legends Night this Saturday, September 30 at the Banquet Hall of the State House has arrived in Ghana. The singer ...

Kanda Bongo Man was the king of "kwassa kwassa" - the infectious dance sound from Democratic Republic of Congo which started in the 1970s. He was a giant of African music in the 1990s and was ...

Kanda Bongo Man has a reputation to live up to. Introduced on stage as both "a legend" and "the king", he is a key figure in the history of Congolese music, and a showman whose soukous dance songs ...

A man of trademarks. That is Kanda Bongo Man. From his dance strokes to the debonair suits and hats and even the diastema in his dentition, down to his gentlemanly personality, Bongo Man has wowed ...