Author Topic: (Archive) When King KEster Emeneya came to diamond-city Canfunfu (2003)  (Read 1610 times)

Mfumu Vata on: July 30, 2026, 14:03

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Seeing how the musicians of Victoria Eleison came out of a cargo plane reminded me of the story either Teka or Kabose said about how they travelled with a cargo from Kinshasa to Canfunfu. In the beginning of the second video, diamonddealers Tchatcho Mbala, Didi Kinuani and Jeannpy Pipina went to sing Kimpiatu and Ngonda
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Mfumu Vata #1 on: August 07, 2026, 01:03

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It's crazy that, apart from Pompom Miyake, the entire singing line-up that performed at Olympia, Zenith, and Nouvel Ordre had left. But you can't notice it because Zoe Bella and Sweet Elesse who did Longue Histoire returned

I haven't heard of Congolese artists performing in Angolan diamond towns like Lucapa, Dundo, and Cafunfo since 2016-2017. Are there still Congolese people that live in Cafunfu, or have they moved to Luanda, Europe,and/ or returned to Kinshasa? It seems that the diamond business in Angola has declined.

Emeneya made a lot of noise on TV about this event. He said he had proved the haters wrong,  who claimed that he only received a triumphant welcome in Kikwit because it was his hometown, by receiving a similarly  welcome abroad  in Canfunfu. But looking back, I don't think he would have received such a welcome in Cafunfu if there hadn't been a large Congolese community living in the Lunda region. Also, the majority living there had like Emeneya roots from Kwilu and Kwango regions



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