Merci Mfumu.So why was Vieux Bokul solicited to join Tabuley's Afrisa even though he already had a group, was the group struggling or its that thing were large group leaders wanting to kill competition by taking small group leaders to join big groups.
Is it true that the expression "tala muisi ya Zaza " was inspired by him ? do you know the history of this expression?
Quote from: Cavalier Solitaire on April 28, 2021, 10:53Merci Mfumu.So why was Vieux Bokul solicited to join Tabuley's Afrisa even though he already had a group, was the group struggling or its that thing were large group leaders wanting to kill competition by taking small group leaders to join big groups.No, they had huge succes in 1978 and 1979. It was just that Amazone had enough of Wemba's behaviour of sleeping with all girls, so she went to Europe and she said that she would only come back if he would x amount of money. Tabu Ley was aware about that and promising him to pay Wemba x money for a contract of 1 year. It made him and his guitarist Rigo Star joining Afrisa in 1979, leaving Viva La Musica behind. Tabu Ley needed him, because he wanted a star next to him. Tabu Ley went with Wemba and Afrisa to Senegal, Ivory Coast, Belgium, France and Germany. Wemba was able to get Amazone back and come through Tabu Ley in contact with the European media. Viva La Musica on his side started to have problems, Bipoli, Jadot and Djanana leaving Viva briefly. But they fought back and started to release succesful single and dances and the three guys coming back. Wemba on his fed started to be fed up, because he spent already some months in Afrisa, but he was never paid. So after 6 months he decided to leave Afrisa and rejoined Viva La Musica, Esperant Kisangani was furious, because didn't want him back lol. But Emeneya and Dindo saying that it's Wemba's band so they hadn't any choice.