Lokassa and the Soukous Stars. That is what the name of the group would have been. It was a textbook; Franco and TP OK Jazz, Tabu Ley and Afrisa Internationale, Verckys and Veve, Aurlus Mabele and ...

Nene Mbendi Mandosa passed away on January 28 but it took nearly a day before his close friend Lukombo Nzambe, aka Shimita el Diego, confirmed the sad news. Not that Nene was not popular enough in the ...

Nairobi — The music scene in the Democratic Republic of Congo, dominated by the grand maestro Franco (Luambo Luanzo Makiadi) for nearly four decades until his death in 1989, has a host of new ...

Legendary soukous star Aurlus Mabele is dead. Even though the cause of death is yet to be confirmed, the 67-year-old has been battling throat cancer for years. Confirming the death through a Facebook ...

Versatile and talented Paris-based Congolese singer and dancer Yondo Kusala Sister is in Nairobi on a private visit. But the former Soukous Stars band member, best known for her Bazo hit song will not ...