Kanda Bongo Man has a reputation to live up to. Introduced on stage as both "a legend" and "the king", he is a key figure in the history of Congolese music, and a showman whose soukous dance songs ...

Guards at the posh and highly guarded Fairview Hotel along Bishop Road beamed when this writer mentioned the name of Catherine Kasavuli, the 'Queen of Kenyan Television'. Despite her absence on air, ...

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 ...

Mbilia Bel sounds exactly the same in person as she does on radio. In fact, as impossible as it seems in this age of auto tune, her voice is even more impressive when she is seated right in front of ...

+ Kanda Bongo Man was born in Zaire in 1955. + Grew up in the new wave of Urban pop music. + Moved to Paris in 1979. + Formed his own 'Bongo Man' record label in 1984. Kanda was born in Zaire in 1955.

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 ...

Many years before Pepe Kalle went waxing lyrical about going back to Zimbabwe just for his Christina, Kanda Bongo Man had not only done the same for his Kenyan lover but had planned to marry her. The ...

New York — FLASHING a wide grin, Kanda Bongo Man spun his rotund body around and gazed out at the packed dance-floor at BB King's club in Times Square. The reigning king of Congolese soukous polished ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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.

Kanda Bongo Man has always been a stylish figure, and tonight, with his trademark hat and matching jacket he looked, and sounded, as distinctive as ever. With his easy, rolling vocals and upbeat, ...

Sign up for City Lights, our twice-weekly guide to arts and nightlife in the D.C. area. It lands in your inbox every Sunday and Thursday. Since moving to Paris in ...