When a fresh-faced gap-toothed 18-year-old singer from Kinshasa called Kanda Bongo (later known as Kanda Bongo Man) arrived in France in 1979, there were few opportunities for musicians from Africa.

It took more than an hour for him to reach the stage, and during the interim nobody danced to the recorded music. But once Kanda Bongo Man and his band hit the modest stage at the Charter Oak Cultural ...

Congolese vocalist and musician Kanda Bongo man will headline this year’s edition of the African Legends Night which will take place on Saturday, September 30 at the Banquet Hall of the State House in ...

Music artist Kanda Bongo Man performs at Carnivore in Nairobi In 2008 [Boniface Okendo, Standard] Musicians are known for keeping their experienced band members for continuity in performances. Some of ...

One of the superstars of African music, the legendary Kanda Bongo Man, is flying in from South Africa for an exclusive North East show later this year. He will be at Sage Gateshead on November 22.

The launch party will be held at the Thomas Hughes Memorial Hall in Uffington on Friday September 10 for the CD which is a live recording of the musician’s previous visit to Uffington. Record label No ...

The 28th edition of the Koroga Festival is billed to be a star-studded show, with veteran Congolese musicians, the king of Kwasa Kwasa Kanda Bongo Man and the Queen of rhumba M'bilia Bel scheduled to ...

Soukous, the infectious driving pop music from Zaire, reached an international audience in the 1980s when a community of self-exiled African musicians turned Paris into the Western capital of Afropop.

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 ...

There was dancing and singing in the rain as the sound of samba echoed across mid-Norfolk this weekend. The Southburgh Festival of World Music was held for the fifth year from Friday to today. Held in ...