Awilo Longomba is a Congolese

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musician. At first a drummer in Viva la Musica, Stukas, Nouvelle Generation and Loketo, he left drumming for singing and released his first album ''Moto Pamba'' with help from Shimita, Ballou Canta,

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, Dally Kimoko,

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and

Rigo Star Rigobert Bamundele, best known as Rigo Star, is an appreciated soukous guitarist and composer from DR Congo, now based in Paris. He has played with several major soukous and world music acts, including Papa Wemba's Viva La Musica, Bozi Boziana ...

in 1995. Awilo has performed live concerts in

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, after first moving to France in the 1980s, Awilo's father

Vicky Longomba Victor Longomba Besange Lokuli, commonly known as Vicky Longomba, (13 December 1932 – 12 March 1988 in Kinshasa) was a singer and a founding member of Tout puissant OK Jazz, a Congolese rumba The term rumba may refer to a variety of unrelate ...

was a founding member of Tout puissant OK Jazz, a Congolese

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group.

Discography

* ''Coupe Bibamba'' (1999) * ''Kafou Kafou'' (2001) * ''Mondongo ''(2004) * ''Super-Man'' (2008)

References

External links

Awilo Longomba Biography/Discography
*https://web.archive.org/web/20110714042528/http://www.martinsinterculture.com/irawma-winners.html *http://nabtry.skyrock.com *https://web.archive.org/web/20061109045153/http://www.afrodicia.com/artist/awilo/index.html *http://www.africanmusica.com/awilo-longomba.htm *http://www.sternsmusic.com/discography/436 *https://web.archive.org/web/20080101094243/http://www.africasounds.com/awilo.htm *https://web.archive.org/web/20100219074713/http://www.topvisages.net/entrevue/14-02-10.php *http://myspace.com/awilolongombaofficiel {{DEFAULTSORT:Longomba, Awilo 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo male singers Living people 1962 births 20th-century Democratic Republic of the Congo male singers 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people