Where is she now? I so much loved her part, just saw her old video on tiktok today I was shocked.

Speaking on this does Congo not have many female atalaku’s?

Speaking on this does Congo not have many female atalaku’s?

Very few. Recent one was Mrs Ilunga. Here is her performance on Ferre Gola's Tshiluba

looool ilunga is not a woman he is a man just that he's a dwarf,with that half matured voice they sometimes have
you are probably thinking about ruth nzele who used to team up with kunzardo and bercy back in the days

looool ilunga is not a woman he is a man just that he's a dwarf,with that half matured voice they sometimes have
you are probably thinking about ruth nzele who used to team up with kunzardo and bercy back in the days

😂😂😂😂😂😂 Ilunga is another one who is very confusing 😂😂😂😂

There was one on Koffi’s album on the song Cle Boa what’s her name?

There was one on Koffi’s album on the song Cle Boa what’s her name?

She is the one on the video her name I guess was Segolemme something

Speaking on this does Congo not have many female atalaku’s?

Usually in Congolese music an Atalaku is Ome of the last role a woman usually want to take is either being a dancer/singer, or in even fewer cases being an instrumentalist like Sarah Solo (which if I am not mistaken is the only woman playing an instrument if you talk about pretty much all the big ndombolo bands)
And also because leaders rarely encourages woman to take active roles like Singers Atalakus etc. With rhem being confined only as dancers or outside of the Ndombolo world Journalists.
Women who sang now that I remember is one time in Wenge in LA Vie who got credited to Adolphe Dominguez if I am not mistaken




4:17

Which gives me a lot.of Bozi Boziana Vibes which is a Congolese artist who tried to invert this trend and had a lot of albums with Woman singing but after some initial success the Congolese public rejected this experiment




00:42

And on the traditional side it is more open in this sense in fact on top of my mind I think about the great (God Rest her Soul) Mimi Mongo, one of the most prolific writer and singer for Mabele Elisi (God Rest Hs Soul) who was the most known Mongo Traditional singer (Mongo is a "ancient" hard-core, more rough version of Lingala which is very known in the areas of South West Congo)







Konono a BaKongo folklore group have several songs when the female memver of the group sings










I can't tell you the exact minute

And also

BaLuba folklore maxe by Bayuda Du Congo have this video of women singing even tho it is like not even a minute


4:50

Man this woman have some seri9us vocal ability her voice in that minute is crisp, the woman with the black braids too it isn't bad
But you can hear them in the chorus throughout

Recapping it is extremely hard to hear woman singing in Congolese music and even harder as an Atalaku one because of the women not being pushed by the leader into that role
Second also because usually when a woman sings she either do it on her own (M'Bioia Bel, Abeti Masikini, MJ30) or she gets extremely limited space

Plus Ruth Nzele who already has been mentioned ex Atalaku of Ferre Gola



From 00:07  I think this is the best work she have done for Ferre


And also the woken one the post Segolenne Royal I think it was her name
Who worked for Koffi, her work on Cle Boa was insane, from how excellent it was



3:35


You can also watch the interviews on when she was little



Ans the most recent ones

3:07





From what she said in some interviews she isn't living really well, she had bla baby or multiple babies by that Crazy guy of Mukusa Mbwa and now despite being in France is struggling hard
Anyway listen to the rhe last interview live edition of Cle Boa at 3:07 pure talent tbh she reminds me a lot L'ora Mbongo but with a less imposing tone

I remeber she was quiet good, but, disappeared as quickly as she came. somehow feel like she might've been exploited.