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Early 80's East African Rhumba! Maquis du Zaire consists of singers:Mbuya Makonga Adios, Mbombo Wa Mbomboka, King Kikii, Kalala Mbwembwe, and later on Kasalo Kyanga, Kyanga Songa, Assossa, Issa Nundu, and others. Solo Guitarist during this time period is Ng [...]
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Tanzania's Cuban Marimba Band was led by Juma Kilaza after Salum Abdallah's death at a car accident.
This is a 1973 recording from the archives of the Voice of America.
http://blogs.voanews.com/african-music-treasures/category/tanzania/
Mid 80's East African Rhumba!
Here's some information about them: IOSS was created in a kind of coup in 1985, when the bandowner, businessman Hugo Kisima, disbanded his Orchestra Safari Sound (OSS) led by Ndala Kasheba and hired six leading members of Mlim [...]
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Ramadhani "Remmy" Mtoro Ongala (1947 – 13 December 2010) was a Tanzanian guitarist and singer. Ongala was born in Kindu near the Tanzanian border, in what was Belgian Congo at the time, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Published in 1972, nice Afro-Pop on the Moto Moto label.
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