Mbongwana Star

	Mbongwana Star Mbongwana Star is a band from Kinshasa, Congo. Of the seven members of the band, two of them (Coco Ngabali and Theo Nzonza) were among the founding members of Staff Benda Bilili. The band is signed to the World Circuit label, on which they released their debut album, ''From Kinshasa ''From Kinshasa'' is the debut studio album by Congolese band Mbongwana Star, released on May 19, 2015 on World Circuit. Background The album's title was originally planned to be ''From Kinshasa to the Moon'': "But World Circuit, with their En ...'', in 2015. The album received "universal acclaim" from critics, according to Metacritic. References {{Authority control World Circuit (record label) artists Democratic Republic of the Congo musical groups Culture of Kinshasa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Kinshasa Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one of the world's fastest growing megacities. The city of Kinshasa is also one of the DRC's 26 provinces. Because the administrative boundaries of the city-province cover a vast area, over 90 percent of the city-province's land is rural in nature, and the urban area occupies a small but expanding section on the western side. Kinshasa is Africa's third-largest metropolitan area after Cairo and Lagos. It is also the world's largest nominally Francophone urban area, with French being the language of government, education, media, public services and high-end commerce in the city, while Lingala is used as a ''lingua franca'' in the street. Kinshasa hosted the 14th Francophonie Summit in October 2012. Residents of Kinshasa are known as ''Kinoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Democratic Republic Of The Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in Central Africa. It is bordered to the northwest by the Republic of the Congo, to the north by the Central African Republic, to the northeast by South Sudan, to the east by Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi, and by Tanzania (across Lake Tanganyika), to the south and southeast by Zambia, to the southwest by Angola, and to the west by the South Atlantic Ocean and the Cabinda exclave of Angola. By area, it is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population of around 108 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populous officially Francophone country in the world. The national capital and largest city is Kinshasa, which is also the nation's economic center. Centered on the Cong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	World Circuit (record Label) World Circuit is a British world-music record label, established in London in the mid-1980s, that specializes in Cuban and West African recording artists, among other international music stars. The label's founding principle was to be an artist-led company with all aspects of each release tailored to the artist. This continues to be the label's way of working. World Circuit celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2006 by releasing ''World Circuit Presents...'', a 2-disc retrospective compilation album. In 2018, World Circuit was acquired by BMG Rights Management. History 1986 to 1999 In 1986, the label released its first albums, María Rodríguez's ''La Tremenda'' and Abd El Gadir Salim's ''Sounds of Sudan Volume One''. World Circuit's first taste of major success came in 1993 with the teaming of Ali Farka Touré and American guitarist Ry Cooder on the Grammy award-winning album, '' Talking Timbuktu''. The album went on to sell over a million copies worldwide; a remarkable tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Staff Benda Bilili Staff Benda Bilili are a group of street musicians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They used to live around the grounds of the zoo in the country's capital city, Kinshasa, and play music which is rooted in soukous, with elements of old-school rhythm and blues and reggae. The core of the band consists of four senior singers/guitarists, who are paraplegic (they had poliomyelitis when they were young) and move around in spectacularly customized tricycles. They are backed by a younger rhythm section consisting of abandoned street children who were taken under the protection of the older members of the band. The soloist is an 18-year-old boy (2009) who plays guitar-like solos on an electrified one-stringed lute he designed and built himself out of a tin can. The group's name translates roughly from Lingala as "look beyond appearances". Staff Benda Bilili earned the 2009 Artist Award at Womex (World Music Expo). The group has sought to raise awareness about crimes against human ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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	From Kinshasa ''From Kinshasa'' is the debut studio album by Congolese band Mbongwana Star, released on May 19, 2015 on World Circuit. Background The album's title was originally planned to be ''From Kinshasa to the Moon'': "But World Circuit, with their English not being very strong, didn’t really catch that part! But a lot of the press are taking it on now, so I phoned orld Circuitto say that they really shouldn’t have changed the title as it conveys the idea that your preconceptions about music from certain places might not be quite right. It’s from a city where you wouldn’t imagine that you’d find all these artists. The guy on the cover is a performance artist and there are tons of people in the city making incredible punky art. Kinshasa’s very good for that, there’s a big artistic subculture and people are instinctive in the way they work." Critical reception ''From Kinshasa'' received widespread critical acclaim upon its release. It holds a weighted mean of 88 out of 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	World Circuit (record Label) Artists World Circuit can mean: * World Circuit (record label), a famous world music record label. * Formula One Grand Prix (video game) ''Formula One Grand Prix'' (known as ''World Circuit'' in the United States) is a racing simulator released in 1991 by MicroProse for the Amiga, Atari ST and PC created by game designer Geoff Crammond. It is often referred to as ''Grand P ... , a racing simulator video game known as "World Circuit" in the US. {{Disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Democratic Republic Of The Congo Musical Groups Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people. A member of a Democratic Party: Democratic Party (United States) (D) Democratic Party (Cyprus) (DCY) Democratic Party (Japan) (DP) Democratic Party (Italy) (PD) Democratic Party (Hong Kong) (DPHK) Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Democratic Party of Korea Democratic Party (other), for a full list A member of a Democrat Party (other) A member of a Democracy Party (other) Australian Democrats, a political party Democrats (Brazil), a political party Democrats (Chile), a political party Democrats (Croatia), a political party Democrats (Gothenburg political party), in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden Democrats (Greece), a political party Democrats (Greenland), a political party Sweden Democrats, a political party * Supporters of political parties and democracy movements i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]