I was to surprised to see that JF Ifonge still didn't use tha part where Rumaru explained how his mentor his lose his head, when giving examples what made him convert to christianity. If it would have been someone of Quartier Latin, Wenge Maison Mère or Wenge BCBG, he would be one of the first to make a video about it.

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Rumaru said that his understudy went to Mbanza-Ngungu to back Langa Langa Stars and before going back to Kinshasa, Evoloko (without citing his name) gave him spiritual objects for the band, only to lose his head when going back home from rondpoint victoire in Kinshasa. The thing is that Rumaru didn't cite the name of the person. So we don't know if it's a known drummer or someone who was new. There are probably multiple incidents like that took place in Congolese music-scene, but none of the known bandmembers would ever expose it. Sometimes I wonder if bandleader are able to sleep in peace when they are alone.

The interview Rumaru did was great, but it made me also a bit mad. He explained how bandleaders such as Youlou Mabiala and Verckys weren't paying their musicians. Rumaru tried to put this into perspective by explaining that bandleaders like Tabu Ley and Verckys had often debts and large families to support, which partly explained their behavior. However, in my opinion, this does not justify their actions.

For example, Mobutu ordered Seti Yalé to pay each musician of VEVE 50,000 zaires, being happy of the song Serge Kiambukuta made, but Verckys refused to give them the money. Because of that Rumaru left and it's only because of that incident that Verckys paid the musicians 12,000 zaires, since he gave them the mission to get Rumaru back.

I was surprised to know that he and Volvo were part of VEVE. I hope Mr. la Rumba to interview Volvo 840 one day, to talk about his adventures in the bands of Brazzaville, Madilu's band and Zaiko Langa Langa. Hearing Rumaru's story, you need to be very passionate for music to witness what he went through. For example how he went by feet from Matadi till Kimpese to get a bus and somewhere in Bas-Zaire again walking till Kinshasa, just to do a test within Grand Zaiko Wawa, only to get rejected by Djo Poster and become a phaseur (the name how shegues were named in the 1980s and early 1990s). Also how lived in Brazzaville and his times in Veve. A normal person would never like to live in such conditions and stop with music

Hearing Rumaru’s story, I see that he was extremely passionate about music. Because a normal person would never choose to live under such conditions and would have given music uo. He walked from Matadi to Kimpese to catch a bus (which is like 135 km) and somewhere in Bas-Zaïre walking  all the way to Kinshasa, just to do an audition for Grand Zaiko Wawa, only to be rejected by Djo Poster and end up as a phaseur (the term used for shegues in the 1980s and early 1990s). Also how he used to sleep at Les Kamikazes headquarter in Brazzaville and the place he used to live when becoming drummer of VEVE.