About Tapelly Bodjenga
Tapelly Bodjenga is a songwriter and singer from Congolese (the Democratic Republic of the Congo) origin. He actually moved to Europe and currently leaves in France. Tapelly composed for Congolese singer for Abby Surya on a couple of collaborations, among other projects. For instance, they strongly collaborated on Kofo-Kofo, Abby’s 2018 album. Style-wise, he composes in a variation of Congolese rumba music associable to alternative rumba or world music.
In order to give you a sense of Tapelly’s style, here is Kofo-Kofo. This is one of his compositions, sung along with Abby Surya.
Among other traits, Tapelly promotes intellectualism and encourages culture and knowledge. He seems to also be a classic French music amateur.
Tapelly is unknown in Kinshasa, except perhaps for some limited circles.
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