Author Topic: Looks like Wenge 4x4 received alot of money when coming in London '92  (Read 335 times)

Mfumu Vata on: July 16, 2025, 17:18

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It looks like Wenge Musica received alot of money when coming in London, when seeing that 3 of the 7 songs were dedicated to people living in London (Cresois Nsengo, Jessy Maketo  and Dany Lukombo). I don't know if Djenga Kabungu, late Coboss and Mboso were also from London. But if it that was the case then they could call Kalayi Boeing also Londres Ebouger. If the Wenge's guys were "lokoso ya mbongo" or the album being recorded in the 2010s, then they would have easily recorded 2 or 3 albums during the tour. There was former combattans called Pasteur Bobo who interviewed a man, during his vist in London few months ago and when driving around London, according him the  Congolese artists that received the most money in London being; Wenge Musica in 1992, Emeneya for his shows between 1991 - 1993, Papa Wemba in 1993 and Koffi Olomide in 1994. After that Congolese artists still received alot money when coming in London, but not the same like it used to be in the early 1990s, which was due to people being exposed in the news for fraud. After him saying that I was kind of confused, because I remember the Congolese community not being that big as it became in the late 1990s and artists even getting better money with the years coming but the phenomenon slowly ending after the release of newsarticle "Pepele is Finished" in 2002 or 2003, Papa Wemba even citing it in one of the Somo Trop songs.





London was also the place where they did the first concert of the 1992 tour before going to Belgium to perform at La Madeleine. There used to be a part of that concert on youtube, but it dissapeared 15 years ago. In the video you could see Alain Mpela sing on Kaskin.  Guitarist Djolina Mandudila was also part of the delegation, but he ran away after the sound-check which angered the admins. The concert was at the sporthall where different Congolese artists used to perform when coming to London.
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