Frank Lesokwane is a Motswana musician who is famously known as Franco. He is known for producing most

Kwasa Kwasa Kwassa kwassa (or kwasa kwasa) is a dance created by Jeanora, a mechanic in Kinshasa from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, that started in the 1980s, where the hips move back and forth while the hands move to follow the hips. It was very popul ...

hit songs. Frank is also known for being the leader of the

Franco and Afro Musica Franco and Afro Musica is a twelve piece kwasa kwasa band from Gabane, Botswana. The band was founded by Frank "Franco" Lesokwane. As is the norm in the soukous (Congolese rumba) circles for artists to go by more than one names, Lesokwane also go ...

band which is a well performing band in

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalaha ...

Career

Ke lela le lona

''Ke lela le lona'' is a

tswana Tswana may refer to: * Tswana people, the Bantu speaking people in Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and other Southern Africa regions * Tswana language, the language spoken by the (Ba)Tswana people * Bophuthatswana, the former ba ...

song dropped in 2001 by Franco, as the translation says "I am crying with you" the song was created to pass a message to the saddened people out there facing different kind of problems. After the release of the hit song "Ke lela le lona" Franco became one of the most successful artist back in 2001.

Sephiri se dule

''Sephiri se dule'' is a tswana song by Franco meaning "the secret is out". He created this song more specially to pass a message to his fans that no matter what one does it won't stay in the dark forever, the song was created especially for those people who do bad deeds to inform them that it won't stay a secret forever; one day it will be visible to others about who you are. His song seems to have affected most of the corrupt politicians since they were against the song but later he clarified that this song was not released to make anyone feel bad about themself or that he is attacking them.

Discography

*''Ke lela le lona (2001)'' *''Ba ntatola (2002)'' *''Robala Nnana (2003)'' *''O nyala leng (2004)'' *''Mmamane Robala (2005)'' *''Khutsanyana (2006)'' *''Spekere (2007)'' *''Koti Koti (2008)'' *''Baesekele (2009)'' *''sephiri se dule (2011)'' *''maja ka thata (2012)'' *''Ke Fela Pelo (2013)'' *''Ke lorile sengwe (2014)'' *''Zeng zeng ke eng (2015)'' *''Eya le nna Babilone (2017)'' *''Mene Mene Tekele (2018)''

Awards

Frank Lesokwane received an award for being the best

Kwassa kwassa Kwassa kwassa (or kwasa kwasa) is a dance created by Jeanora, a mechanic in Kinshasa from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, that started in the 1980s, where the hips move back and forth while the hands move to follow the hips. It was very popu ...

artist of the year. He received this because he was the most motivating Kwasa kwasa artist of the year. Franco was being highly appreciated for being the first Motswana musician who has released most of his albums, with about 18 albums.

References

Botswana male singers Living people 1971 births {{more cats, date=July 2022