A Bland Resurrection
Around 1962, singer Rossignol resurrected the band with help from Bowane. This new iteration did not match the prestige and reputation of the original band. Nonetheless, it became a sort of seed band and helped famous musicians like Bavon Marie Marie and Henriette Borauzima to prove themselves.
Rock’a Mambo Legacy
Rock’a Mambo was one of the most influential Congolese bands from the end of the 1950s and through the beginning of the 1960s. The band had A strong desire to invent something new in Congo’s musical landscape. They indeed reinvented Congolese music of that time by combining local sonorities to the Cuban cha-cha flavors. This was all facilitated by the number of talented artists of the band who also inspired a long list of young musicians that came after. Along with other bands of the same era, Rock’a Mambo helped spread the new music style across Africa, especially West-Africa and the Caraibes.
Na Lingi Na Nga Kobala Te by Rock’a Mambo.
I don’t want to get married to man/woman older than me.
I want that young one, both of us have the same age!
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The birth of Rock’a Mambo
First defection
Second Defection, And Dislocation
A Bland Resurrection & Legacy
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