Guards at the posh and highly guarded Fairview Hotel along Bishop Road beamed when this writer mentioned the name of Catherine Kasavuli, the 'Queen of Kenyan Television'. Despite her absence on air, ...

One of the superstars of African music, the legendary Kanda Bongo Man, is flying in from South Africa for an exclusive North East show later this year. He will be at Sage Gateshead on November 22.

Kanda Bongo Man became the singer for Orchestra Belle Mambo in 1973, developing a sound influenced by Tabu Ley. His solo career only took off after moving to Paris in 1979, where his music started to ...

New York — FLASHING a wide grin, Kanda Bongo Man spun his rotund body around and gazed out at the packed dance-floor at BB King's club in Times Square. The reigning king of Congolese soukous polished ...

Gallo Record Company's kwassa kwassa star Kanda Bongo Man returns to the airwaves with a brand new release - Swalati - a tribute to all the beautiful women in the world. A jet-setting, internationally ...

Two of the brightest stars in modern west African music will light up the Ashkenaz Dance Club on San Pablo Avenue this week. On Thursday, it’s Kanda Bongo Man and on Saturday is Rokia Traore. Kanda ...

Kanda Bongo Man is the world’s leading exponent of soukous, the hottest, most frenetic dance music to come out of Africa for decades. Driven by the peppery pulse of a hypnotic percussive attack and ...

The veteran media girl says that despite the malicious rumours doing rounds in early 90s associating her with the Congolese Soukous musician, she only met him for the first time in 2012 Two men once ...