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Remmy Ongala

Born: Jan 1, 1947

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Genre: World

Styles: Worldbeat, Rhumba, Afro-Pop

Biography: Some of the most exciting sounds in Africa have been created by Zaire-born and Dar El Salaam-based guitarist and vocalist Remmy Ongala and his seven-piece band, Orchestra Super Matimila. Fusing the melodic drive of Soukous, East African guitar styles, and Tanzanian rhythms, Ongala and the group accomplish ...Read full biography

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Nalilia Mwana

Label: Womad

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Life gets very confusing in East Africa. Ongala is Congolese by origin, and his group consists mostly of expatriate Zairians. Not that the sound is soukous: it's a mix of truly Tanzanian elements with ...Read full review

Mambo

Released: 1991

Label: EMI

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Backed by Orchestre Super Matimila, Ongala trades the laidback soukous of his first U.S. release for political songs -- in English and Swahili -- whose directness recalls Nigeria's Fela Anikulapo Kuti ...Read full review

More Remmy Ongala albums: Main Albums (4), Compilations (1)

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