mbonda players and ngongi players are the least well paid along with the unknown dancers,they rely on singers or atalakus to hand them some money here and there and donors aswell,if you pay attention in some concerts you might singers who get money on stage and who go to mbonda and put 100 dollars in the pocket of the mbonda player
if you are a proven mbonda player like for example passe kosse,ali mbonda,zoulou mbonda, showman or awulu for example,you might get some donor opportunities
but for example the mbonda player of deplick or taddet only God can help him find something to eat,or the odd occasion of president giving each musician 50 or 100 dollars
