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Kanda Bongo Man (born 1955), from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is a prominent soukous musician. He is most famous for the structural changes he implemented to soukous music. The previous approach was to sing several verses and have one guitar solo at the end of the song. Kanda Bongo Man revolutionized soukous by encouraging guitar solos after every verse and even sometimes at the beginning of the song. His form of soukous gave birth to the kwassa kwassa dance rhythm where the hips move back and forth while the hands move to follow the hips.

Kanda Bongo Man still tours frequently in Europe and the United States. On July, 2005 he performed at the LIVE 8: Africa Calling concert in Cornwall.
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  • Targetlive

    The Amazing Kanda Bongo Man will Play late on Saturday at Bridlington's Musicport Festival, which runs from the 4th-6th of November. More info here: http://www.musicportfestival.com/festival-info/2011.html Musicport was established in 2000 to promote live music and music education in Whitby and the surrounding area with its primary event being Musicport World Music Festival each autumn. Over the last eight years the festival has grown year on year and has established itself as a prestigious event in the festival calendar attracting major names such as Rachid Taha, The Buena Vista Social Club presents Cachaito Lopez etc, Toumani Diabate, Levellers,Misty In Roots, Courtney Pine, Talvin Singh, Richard Hawley, Chumbawamba, Altan, Rolf Harris, Mory Kante, Osibisa, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, & Los De Abajo

    September 2011

  • buslertq

    Was looking for some upbeat African pop music for a project... JACKPOT. This guy's outstanding!

    December 2010

  • kahsartori

    :D

    November 2010

  • themagicnumber7

    kwassa kwassa, kwassa!

    January 2010

  • Tucanista

    ♪♫♥ ♥ ♪♫♥ ♥ ♪♫♥ ♥ ♪♫♥ ♥ ♪♫♥ ♥ ♪♫♥ ♥ ♪♫♥ ♥ ♪♫♥ ♥ ♪♫♥ ♥ ♪♫♥ ♥ ♪♫♥ ♥♪♫♥ ♥ ♪♫ ♥ DANCE~DANCE~!DANCE~DANCE~DANCE~!DANCE~DANCE~DANCE~DANCE

    October 2009

  • StevePL

    great artist

    September 2009

  • Caneles

    Lela in Central Park

    August 2009

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    lela lela (9)

    May 2009
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