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v/a - the world is shaking; cubanismo from the congo, 1954-1955 - honest jons records - cd

Genre: African

1. Laurent Lomande - Maboka Marie
2. Adikwa Depala - Matete Paris
3. Adikwa Depala - Akei Cimetiere
4. Andre Denis - Cherie N Aluli Yo
5. Vincent Kuli - Yaka Ko Tala
6. Jean Mpia - Klim
7. Boniface Koufoudila - Ntango N Abali
8. Robert Yuakarie - Musinichkie
9. Albert Bongu - Koseke Moniga Te
10. Rene Mbu - Boma Limbala
11. Adikwa Depala - CCT Ebongisi Mokiri
12. Fabien Libasi - Bengela Ngai Bosele
13. Laurent Lomande - Elisa
14. Adikwa Depala - Moni, Moni Non Drey
15. Boniface Koufoudila - Bino Boton, Bosele
16. Norbert Yakari - Kioo Cha Nyumba
17. JP Ndagu - Mokolo Bafuti Sanza
18. Boniface Koufoudila - Tokowlela Angelique
19. Laurent Lomande - Akimi Magai Na Butu
20. Jean Mpia - Tika Koseka
21. Adikwa Depala - Yoka Ngal

The fifth presentation of vintage recordings from the EMI Archive in Hayes, this album uncovers the dizzy beginnings of the golden age of African music — zinging with the social and political ferment of the independence movement and anti-colonialism, after the Second World War — and the daredevil origins of Congolese rumba, the entire continent's most popular music in the sixties and seventies. With notes by Gary Stewart, author of Rumba On The River; rare photographs; sound restoration at Abbey Road. Check!