Forget the Grammy Awards and western accolades. No big African star has ever been truly acknowledged globally. Africa should honour Franco, TP OK Jazz, Tabu Ley et al. We also have an obligation to disseminate their works across the continent as part of an African Renaissance and demonstration of Africa’s pioneering cultural influences 👊🏾🇿🇼🇿🇼🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩

@persuadeshemah8794

2 жыл бұрын

We love his music even here at home in Zimbabwe

@patriceesela5000

2 жыл бұрын

No validation from the West needed as long we continue to acknowledge our artists ourselves

@t.tendaiofficial1395

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more

@daveoluoch1808

2 жыл бұрын

you left me speechless.

@tedkioko6464

Жыл бұрын

Couldn't put it any better 💯

Quand j'écoute cette chanson, j'ai les larmes aux yeux parce que je me rappelle de vous mes deux héros de la rumba congolaise. Puisse Dieu vous accueil dans son royaume et que la terre de nos ancêtres vous soit douce et légère Papa Franco et Tabu

Today is my birthday, and I am up listening to this song. if I ever meet Franco in the after life, I will legit thank him for making me happy in ways I can never articulate. I am grateful.

Still a masterpiece in 2023, listening to these maestros again and again! Rest in eternal peace.

@bwambalewilson4201

5 ай бұрын

It has entered 2024 still the master piece it was in the 80s. Rip ley rip lwambo.

I love my dad for introducing me to this kind of songs early...

@ToxicAfricanKing

2 жыл бұрын

One would never have thought a millennial would enjoy such but I do! And that's thanks to my grandpa and dad.

@margaretoyugi7137

2 жыл бұрын

True

This is a masterpiece it goes on and touches your veins, borne mallow and goes into your soul. Great talent by these Great Men of Africa.

@daveoluoch1808

2 жыл бұрын

anytime someone calls me, that's the tone, can't resist it.

@rodneymumbo3131

7 ай бұрын

I can listen to this song the whole day 🇰🇪

This is a golden combination. Rest in peace and power Luambo and Ley. You two are giants of Africa. Long will live their names into the future of futures. I thank my father M. M. M. Makokha for introducing me to this kind of music in the eighties by playing it incessantly. #Kenya.

Wakongwe wa muziki nakumbuka miaka ya nyuma Mungu awalaze mahali pema Rip Godwin kayange

Rumba authentique, ça m'emporte à tout jamais cette musique

Ever since their row in 1978, Franco and Tabu Ley had grown closer. They remained spirited competitors, but a cordial personal relationship appeared to take root between the two great stars. Near the end of 1982 they were jointly honored by a Senegalese producer based in Abidjan, Daniel Cuxac, and New York record dealer Roger Francis, two men who often collaborated in the production and distribution of African records. They presented each of the two stars with a gold record for accumulated sales over the course of their careers. The ceremony, carried on Zaïrean television, was followed by an audience for the two musicians with President Mobutu. Ley and Franco shocked their fans the following year, by embarking on a joint recording project. That they had decided to record together was astonishing, but the recording itself, the initial release on Franco's new Choc (shock) label, provoked more comment and speculation. Entitled Choc Choc Choc 1983, the two-record album was recorded with a mixture of musicians from Afrisa and O.K. Jazz along with guest artist ' Michelino' Mavatiku Visi, who had done time in both bands back in the seventies. It contained one song per side, 'Lettre à Mr. le Directeur Général' and three others, all written by Franco.

@didier9137

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this information. Choc Choc Choc was a masterpiece.

@suleimanjabir827

2 жыл бұрын

Justus Kiunga; Thank you for sharing this vital information about these African Greats. May God Rest their Souls and those of all our compatriots In Eternal Peace, Could you please, translate it into English?

@jamesangana_lingalarumbainstit

Жыл бұрын

@@suleimanjabir827 I have done translation on my KZread channel

Never listened to a song such skillfully composed.

Ageless music..the more time passes the more the music gets sweet...long live rhumba.

The beats!!! Aaiiiih! Yawa! So sweet. It sweeps me off my feets

Wow..From the rich valleys of Africa to its throbbing rivers emerged sweet sounds..Legends lili

I am remembered Luambo Luanzo Makiadi & TP OK JAZZ .I am remembered TABU LEY & AFRISA INTERNATIONAL he's the Best Music bana ba Congolese Lisanga Banganga !!

All the way from Tanzania........!No one can do like these two legends

@righamwaghesha1258

4 жыл бұрын

I am in agreement with you my brother this was a huge collaboration. From Kenya, T/Taveta.

@frimmbits

3 ай бұрын

Mbaraka Mwinshhe was good too

The shortest 15 minutes song...Legendary...

This is why I love Rhumba , it smooths my heart. Salute Franco and Pascal

Whenever I hear this music I want listen to it again and again. Rhumba music you ahead of the rest!

I will play it again and again as long as I live in this universe

More love from Nairobi Kenya +254

This takes me back to the year I spent in Kinshasa. It brings back memories of when I hung out in the cite having a good time with local friends at any time of the day or night!

Rest in peace the two African great musicians. It was real music we can't replace or compare to date.

@BabaBoubakari

Жыл бұрын

Ce.son.m.avais.bercer.merci

Great arrangement, beautiful singing, lovely song 🇿🇼🇿🇼🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩

Vocals with "authority"....G.G. Ondu, Long Live my Dad for making me a fan of Franco since childhood...passing it on to your grandchildren successfully

Où sont les congolais de la RDC et de l'autre rive ?

@congomonpays1401

3 жыл бұрын

Tozali ✋

This collabo was one of the best in history of rhumba...More love from Kenya

@patrickmulamboruhurumba4639

3 жыл бұрын

Much love for u Kenya people for supporting Congo music, I know you're really funs of Congolese rhumba

Two great singers. They really performed. Great memories. Ssendi Suleiman Kampala

It's still mind-blowing to me that these two collaborated. I just stumbled on LYB album and it's incredible.

Le roi indétrônable de la rumba congolaise ! Encore vivant aujourd’hui pour tous les amoureux de cette musique. N’oublions pas non plus qu’il fut un partisan de Patrice Lumumba, ce héros qui osa jeter à la figure de Baudouin et des colons assassins, tous les crimes commis par les belges, le jour de l’independance du Congo. Il le paya de sa vie quelques temps plus tard assassine par les militaires belges avec la complicité de Mobutu et de la CIA. RIP à ces héros de l’Afrique!

I personally attended the funeral of Gen. Lutumba Simaro with Roga Roga in DRCongo. These artists are gods. ❤️❤️❤️

Full of nostalgia, , all their song are the same; the flavor one song gives you is distinctively perfect and different from the other but all the same sweet. My father is the man behind my love for Rhumba and Franco, I do remember growing up around my Dad and his wooden cover radio radio that was ever playing this kind of music, he would raise up his hand and point one finger to the sky while his head is bowed and nodding sideways then later return to sculpture, soapstone curving, I mean he was an artist.... My father is a legend, may he live to see great grand children...May The they all RIP

This is is what we call real music. Unlike today's noises and uncultured "music"

When listening this music i think to my late father who was a great fan of those two great Masters of african music, their talent was genuine, africans are very proud of you, you'll never be forgotten.

@furahachristine6367

Жыл бұрын

💃🏾👌🏾

I had friends from Kenya 2 of them😢passed away..we will go clubbing drink the whole nite..this was their type..back home..like sun through the hour glass...so are the days of our lives..miss them🙄

That chorus line is so magnetic.... its being playing all day long in my head

@aronnyj9273

Жыл бұрын

i can hear Josky Kiambukuta in the chorus vocals

Both of them were the Giants in this music industry R.I.P our famous African rhumba

This song , reminds me when I was on my attachment, along ngong'road , my Boss used to play it every morning,as we start our morning breakfast show

@davidjones7493

Жыл бұрын

You've painted a picture for me man Was this in DRC? Kenya?

Cette chanson ne pas de mon époque.mais, plutôt celle de ma maman.donc,quand je l'écoute,le son est vraiment combiné de manière agréable à l'oreille comme la musique l'indique dans sa vraie définition.

In early eighties my father and his Friend Evans would meet at our home listening to this songs. I would hear them singing along dancing rochero and franco Luambo Luanze Makiadi in Kolongolo matisi trans nzoia county

@kenbaroofficial2422

2 жыл бұрын

Nostalgic

Chapeau bas à vous deux les géants de la musique congolaise( zairoise)

Un duo inoubliable. Un souvenir de deux monuments de la musique africaine. Merci de nous avoir égayé.

@bob98200

2 жыл бұрын

Georges Yao Un trio accompagne de Josky Kiambukuta.

Lwambo always has a story line so compelling. Even when you miss the story in the ballads, you still grasp the melody which carries a message. I am listening from Gulu in northern Uganda. The message is for another day. Just enchanted. Wuuw. Lol

@alainkabongo4514

3 жыл бұрын

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I really love this song, it reminds me my evening out on my weeding day, these were really gentlemen

Song is 15minutes long and still too short! Legendary!

Reminds me of my days at the NYS in Lomut,West Pokot,Kenya..we would play this particular song while camping in Kapenguria for the trade Fair and syke up for escapades within the town..them days.

@juliusktanui9004

6 жыл бұрын

Reuben Okinyi ,,,,gilgil nayo

@hezronkrop5322

6 жыл бұрын

i dont know what will stop me from listening to this song

@reubenokinyi6158

6 жыл бұрын

Julius K Tanui Gilgil hehehe Mt.Kioko na morning bx kwa sana

@reubenokinyi6158

6 жыл бұрын

HEZRON KANGEREP this song is quite addictive,the flow of the instruments and the vocals are just out of this world...

@kakaigeoffrey

4 жыл бұрын

My brother

Sweet music that soothes the heart and soul.Big tune indeed.

Those were the days when music was music...not forgetting the shaggy buses uncle obacha was my teacher on Sundays on KBC from 0800pm

We really miss the two sons of Africa. Real music. Rest in peace.

The Best African of Rumba Congo music & Life Good for Bana Congolese lingara .

This songs reminds me of very difficult times back. Life can really torture some times. I used to listen to this Cd over and over in a single day.

@geoffreymaturi2319

5 жыл бұрын

Amen

@simonntolla3832

4 жыл бұрын

je pose la question de savoir pourquoi les presidents Africain n'accordent ils pas une journee entiere a Franco comme Musicien Africain de tous les temps

@madera3650

4 жыл бұрын

am now undergoing my tough times listening to this..wondering whether i'll pull through

@kakaigeoffrey

4 жыл бұрын

Kalori me too

@kakaigeoffrey

4 жыл бұрын

@@simonntolla3832 Translate in English

Here in 2018💝 Am not even 20 years but these songs touch me on a different level 💝💝

@akimedith8958

5 жыл бұрын

Nice songs,...I like it too

@socratesphy2606

3 жыл бұрын

Abwo abwo....great

Great Memories from True African Music. Great African voices.

What 😲still fresh as always. .. 2021😌 much love from country Kenya.

Rip guys,you both displayed the best of africa,we shall always remember the contributions you made.

La richesse culturelle de notre pays "Congo eloko ya makasi"

These are royalties for all the Bantus. À vous les congolais, ces deux seigneurs ne sont pas les vôtres, ils appartiennent à tout le peuple Bantu. La différence est que le destin a seulement voulu qu'il naissent au Zaïre. La preuve est qu'il n'y a pas un seul Bantu qui n'aime pas ces musiques. Donc, c'est pas une histoire de langue, mais de liens de sang que nous partageons tous. Vive le peuple Bantu, le peuple choisi par Yahwéh 🇨🇩🇨🇲🇦🇴🇨🇬🇬🇦

@didier9137

4 жыл бұрын

Vous avez parfaitement raison, Yosef. Je dis la même chose des monstres tels qu'Eboa Lotin, Francis Bebey, Oliver M'tukudzi et bien d'autres qui nous ont précédé. Dieu merci, Richard Bona, Lokua Kanza sont encore avec nous. Daignet-il leur accorder longue vie.

@jamesissame9328

4 жыл бұрын

@@didier9137 hakuna vha corona.ukimwi.ebora.dengue.mafua ya ndege ee mungu tuponye

2024 je suis là... Quand j'écoute cette chanson je me rappelle à mes deux parents quand ils nous ballassaient en 97 quand j'étais goss

Anytime I listen to the duo I palpitate with excitement.

J'aime bcp la musique de franco hummmmmmm il était encore vivant j'allais chercher à voir sa face Que le seigneur protège ses enfants longue vie à eux

Qui ecoute cette chanson en 2020 ?

@alansibuoroyugi1120

2 жыл бұрын

2022

@josephbomboko

2 жыл бұрын

2022✌️

@charleslwali7873

Жыл бұрын

@@josephbomboko hjjjjjjjjķķ

@nyawanzage

Жыл бұрын

2023

@banamebidali2840

Жыл бұрын

Soso depuis le Togo

Franco and Tabuley collabo was baddest 😂😂💪

Lisanga ya Banganga "meeting of the wizards" two great men who made Africa look great than we had expected

This was the album's set piece. It purported to attack the bureaucrats who ran Kinshasa's fading companies, but it wasn't much of a stretch to think that the Zaïrean regime itself was the real target. The song's refrain sums up its message: 'You have always been good, D.G/ It's (your) entourage that does harm, why?' It was the kind of critique that could be heard on the streets of Kinshasa as recently as the early nineties. The president is good but the ministers have destroyed the country. The two maestros take turns airing the dirty linen. Ley observes: A lot of people let their Bics drop Everyone's become a businessman Markets in the city have become congested, why is this? Franco lodges a more personal complaint: The entourage has compromised my work They've told the D.G. that I make fun of Him in private circles, why is this?

@roberthillary5153

4 жыл бұрын

Very true, after Mobutu elected to appoint incompetent and corrupt ministers to top positions. Franco criticizes for working for their own benefit instead of the people.

@peteramollo5329

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lwambo and Tabu Ley, you were so courageous enough to stick your necks on line when things were bad. Only few people can talk of bad governance up to date. The only minor mistake many do when talking about bad governance is not saying the root cause. The root cause of the bad governance is the Leadership coz if the Leadership is good then it should punish all wrong does regardless their tribes and friendship. May your souls rest in peace. At least you talked rather than being a sycophant.

@justuskiunga1025

4 жыл бұрын

True Amollo. Everything rises and falls on leadership

@user-wn1go8ip2c

9 ай бұрын

Good powerful music woth listening to.

Légendaire combination of giants of African music. Merci mingi ndeko bakulutu keep resting in peace.much love from zambia

I like @6.33 when the guitars and Drums sound like they are taking a break from an aggressive journey and resuming with humble start again. Afterwards @9.42 Tabuley's voice sounds like he is telling the guitarists 'we are about to end it guys'. Man! the instruments in this song were organized by wizards of Rhumba!

One of the great hits of all time!

Heard this on Radio Botswana but could not catch the Name. Took me a month to find on youtube.

@saulikeyamwamseya5721

4 жыл бұрын

Lisanga ya banganga

@georgeojwang9755

3 жыл бұрын

No song title is letter to director general

@georgeojwang9755

3 жыл бұрын

Lisanga ya banganga is the album

@georgeojwang9755

3 жыл бұрын

Kabo ramotsheo you can as well check letter to director General 2,still luambo and tabu ley ull like it

This is a legendary combination

C'est la vie des hommes qui ont vécu la vraie vie de la musique

The best collaboration!!!!

Who else is here 2023❤ Franco and tabu ley never forget

@piusecweru8423

5 ай бұрын

Me in 2024

And Monsieur Directeur Generale jailed these guys for calling out nepotism in his government.

One of my favourites to date

Le grand maitre franco & le seigneur ley. fort fort fort from DRC

l'organisation musicale de ce disque est tellement profonde .. ... C 'est à peine croyable .. c'est la sorcellerie .....

@alphonsembidi5777

2 жыл бұрын

Tu as raison frère les 2 grands sorciers de la musique Congolaise et africaine de tous le temps Fanco et Pascal seigneur ley

A legend of all time

My dad would come home on Friday evenings with him a bag full of PEPSI sodas my favorite brand was ''BABITO'' then he would play this song on his LP player all night long sipping his tursker till morning. oooh childhood memories

@kakaigeoffrey

4 жыл бұрын

Edwin that's Memory

@dancunmboga1700

4 жыл бұрын

There somethings we just can't talk about ........

@persuadeshemah8794

4 жыл бұрын

The memories will leave for ever in your life, great music

I'm not bored with this type of music, in fact it reliefs me from some pressure

Memories of Africa best music

It reminds me of those days of KBC radio chaguo lako program by Eddie Fondo.

THANKS FOR THE UPLAOD ,TWO OF AFRICAN BEST MUSICIANS EVER.

Just peaceful tune 🎉 the greatest Franco

this was a masterpiece, congrats great artists

No...no.no..they ddn't die ... listen carefully those are live voices...RIP ..Busia🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪

I really miss my Aunt n Uncle Rip Janet & Tom

The best collabo between Grand Maître Makiadi and Seigneur Let 🔥🔥

There will never be any one like franco

Authentic Congolese Rhumba...never gets old

Franco, Tabley ,S.Mangwana Theo Blaise Kounkou are my best MUSCIANS

@jamesandare230

5 жыл бұрын

Franco & TP OK Jazz were in a class of their own. Tabu Ley and his Afrisa international were a distant second the rest are not worth mentioning in the same sentence with the legendary TP OK JAZZ

@onesmusouma7109

3 жыл бұрын

I concur with you.

@onesmusouma7109

3 жыл бұрын

I concur with you.

Une chanson coup de foudre Un choeur d oeuvre signer LUAMBO TABU LEY et MICHELINO.

Deux ''monstres'' de la musique congolaise, quel délice, souvenir souvenir

We want a railway line to modernized from DAR to KIGOMA so that DRC can be well served from the EAST COAST OF AFRICA especially TANZANIA. Long live the people of Africa. GOD BLESS US.

Hapo sawa. Legends of African Rumba.

Está música é a melhor em toda Africa

Whenever time allows me i listen to the songs of this two great sons of Africa.

Qui écoute sa en 2023 heureuse d'être là femme du dj mais la mienne est sympa ❤

This music will leave for ever , generation to generation will still enjoy it

Très bon souvenir de mon enfance

Two legends at ago doing legendary traits.