Papa Wendo, who has died aged 82, was one of the biggest stars of what was then, in its pre-independence era, the Belgian Congo. A one-time boatman and boxer, his music got him jailed by the Belgian ...
Wendo Kolosoy was a former boxer and ship's mechanic from the Congo who in 1948 recorded a song called "Marie Louise" as Papa Wendo. Wendo's music, an infectious blend of Latin and African rhythms, ...
La música africana perdió el día 28 de julio a Wendo Kolosoy, uno de los máximos exponentes de la rumba congoleña, a los 83 años. Natural de Kinshasa, Kolosoy celebraba este año el sexagésimo ...
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WHEN Antoine Kolosoy sang “Marie-Louise” in the native bars of Leopoldville—Le Kongo, Congo-Moderne, Macauley—they said the dead woke up and danced. Some local Belgian priests took fright, and had him ...
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