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Kanda Bongo Human (born 1955), from a Democratic Republic of the Congo, is one of the pioneers of African soukous music. He is best known for the structural changes he implemented to soukous music. A former approach was to sing many verses & keep around of these guitar solo at the prevent of the song. Kanda Bongo Human revolutionized soukous by encouraging guitar solos fallowing each verse & potentially another time at a beginning of the song. His form of soukous gave birth to the kwassa kwassa dance rhythm where a hips move to and fro when a paws move to watch a hips.

Prefer numerous soukous & rumba musicians before him, Kanda Bongo Human too got an cortege of musicians he played by using. Numbers of of Kanda's musicians late moved in to run their have solo careers. Virtually all notably was Diblo Dibala. Called a "Machine Gun", Diblo Dibalthe was a vital a portion of Kanda Bongo Human's lineup in many albums including Kwasa Kwasa & Amour Fou.

Kanda Bongo Human however tours often around Europe and the United States.

Eye: Jolted!:Kanda Bongo Man brings his Soukous Party to Town
Article by Li Robbins prior to a concert in Toronto.

AMG: Kanda Bongo Man
Includes biography, related artists, and discography.


Arts: Music: Styles: R: Regional and Ethnic: African: Soukous
Regional: Africa: Congo, Democratic Republic of the: Arts and Entertainment: Music





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