Congolese Rumba, also known as Rumba Lingala after the country's predominant local language, and also sometimes called High Life, is a popular genre of dance music that originated in the Congo basin during the 1940s. The style gained popularity throughout Africa during the 1960s and 1970s. This is a mix of that music on 45 rpm records that my parents got when we lived in Leopoldville (now Kinshasa, Zaire) during the mid-1960s. They brought them to America. The signature style of this music is that everything leads up to its masterful guitar solos and horns. Infectious! Ganga monoko!! (That means "Shut up!" in Lingala!) Most of these are originals that pre-date their re-issues during the 1970s in places like Kenya. So some don't even show up on Google. Also mixed in are a few Nigerian cultural songs as an intermission. (A couple of DJ miscues included, sorry about that!) This music was popular throughout West Africa from Zaire to Ghana to Nigeria during the 1960s/70s. Enjoy!
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Baby Pan Cake
Eastern Star Dance Band
(B.E. Batta, Kingsley Bassy)
Philips West African Records
Michael
Ochestre Zaïko Langa-Langa
Editions Sakumuna Veve
Zaire Soneca
Bula Kesi
Ochestre Tora-Tora
Amelia
Face A
Lusamba
Ochestre Lipua-Lipua
Èditions Vèvè
Zaire-Soneca
Side A
Titi Ya Guzola
Mondenge Popolipo
Editions EBAF
Face B
Au Dessus Des Moyens
Afrisa L'International
isa
Face B
Demssion
Ochestre G.O. Malebo
Èditions Phenix
Zaire-Soneca
Njenje Amaka Nma
Obiligbo Native Orchestra
Nigerphone
Ifeyina Nwanne Nuwa
P.I. Uzoalo & His Group, Otu-Ifedinma Odekpe
Nigerphone
Chukwu Ka Anyi Na Agbali Odibo
Obiligbo Native Orchestra
Nigerphone
Nwa Chukwu Nyelimu
P.I. Uzoalo & His Group, Otu-Ifedinma Odekpe
Nigerphone
Igbigi Minasiari
Eastern Star Dance Band Aba
Philips West Africa Records
Errare Humanum Est
Ochestre Zalko Langa-Langa
Èditions Sakumuna Veve
Mwana Nsona
Ochestre Tora-Tora
Amelia
Face B
Masele
Ochestre Lipua-Lipua
Èditions Vèvè
Zaire-Soneca
Side B
Bokovimba Mabumu
Mondenge Popolipo
Editions EBAF
Face A
Kiadi
Afrisa L'International
isa
Face A
Laya
Ochestre G.O. Malebo
Èditions Phenix
Zaire-Soneca
11 июл 2020
