I think that it was better for Aime Buanga to not switch from a bassplayer to a singer. Sometimes I thinks that it was better to him to start to produce those streetsbands in Bandal instead of looking a way to succeed with Wenge Kumbela in the difficult Kinshasa and forcing people to let him accept as real founder of Wenge Musica. Looks like he made Wenge Kumbela in Kinshasa just to prove Didier Masela a point. His career and history would have been very different if he accepted to go to Kinshasa with Wenge Aile Paris in 1992, maybe that the people would accept him easier as the real founder Wenge Musica with also the polemic between Wenge Aile Paris and Wenge 4x4 being very strong at that time.

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People weren't going to give him too much attention as being the co-founder of Wenge Musica, because he left not too long after the band was created. Didier Masela was there from Mulolo until Pentagone, before the 1997 split.

@mvulusi96

People weren't going to give him too much attention as being the co-founder of Wenge Musica, because he left not too long after the band was created. Didier Masela was there from Mulolo until Pentagone, before the 1997 split.

Aime Buanga already revealed in 1991 to be the original founder of Wenge in the interviews he made in 1991 with Manda Tchebwa and Disco Hit (which was in the 80s and 90s one of the most popular magazines in Zaire). It created alot of controverse and it became worser when his friend Belis Mfumu Luvutula (first president of Wenge) started to create Wenge Aile Paris fanclubs in all areas of Kinshasa which made Didier Masela, Werrason and co furious so they decided to arrest Belis and they filed a lawsuit against Wenge Aile Paris in Kinshasa to not use the name of Wenge again. The camp of Didier Masela won, hence why Marie Paul, JDT, Depitcho and co performed in 1992 as Wenge El Paris instead of Wenge Musica Aile Paris. Marie Paul and co were even assaulted by Wenge 4x4 fans at Intercontinental when they came. Between 1991-1993 there were alot of attacks between the two camps. Alain Mpela claiming to be real author of Marie Paul's songs, Manda Chante being furious against Adolphe because of him calling Manda petit, etc.


Things would have been very different if Aime Buanga went with them and accept Kongolo's offer to fill against Wenge 4x4 to let them forbad to use the name Wenge and being officialy recognized as real founder of Wenge Musica. People forgot his name very quickly after that because there was a ban against him after refusing Kongolo's offer in meantime he started to make his name as Soukous artist in Paris.

@mvulusi96

People weren't going to give him too much attention as being the co-founder of Wenge Musica, because he left not too long after the band was created. Didier Masela was there from Mulolo until Pentagone, before the 1997 split.

Aime Buanga already revealed in 1991 to be the original founder of Wenge in the interviews he made in 1991 with Manda Tchebwa and Disco Hit (which was in the 80s and 90s one of the most popular magazines in Zaire). It created alot of controverse and it became worser when his friend Belis Mfumu Luvutula (first president of Wenge) started to create Wenge Aile Paris fanclubs in all areas of Kinshasa which made Didier Masela, Werrason and co furious so they decided to arrest Belis and they filed a lawsuit against Wenge Aile Paris in Kinshasa to not use the name of Wenge again. The camp of Didier Masela won, hence why Marie Paul, JDT, Depitcho and co performed in 1992 as Wenge El Paris instead of Wenge Musica Aile Paris. Marie Paul and co were even assaulted by Wenge 4x4 fans at Intercontinental when they came. Between 1991-1993 there were alot of attacks between the two camps. Alain Mpela claiming to be real author of Marie Paul's songs, Manda Chante being furious against Adolphe because of him calling Manda petit, etc.


Things would have been very different if Aime Buanga went with them and accept Kongolo's offer to fill against Wenge 4x4 to let them forbad to use the name Wenge and being officialy recognized as real founder of Wenge Musica. People forgot his name very quickly after that because there was a ban against him after refusing Kongolo's offer in meantime he started to make his name as Soukous artist in Paris.

Is that the reason why BCBG didn’t put the name Musica In their name after the bataclan concert right after the split, Due to Masela and Werra being the co founders?

 we can say yes,masela threatened to sue jb if he keeps the group's name, and jb also said for revenge that masela and co should remove  bcbg in their original name since its him who brought bcbg 4X4 tout terrain to the wenge musica name
so it became wenge bcbg vs wenge musica and shortly after wenge musica maison mere then wenge maison mere technically when masela left although he did not bother werra for musica(but you'll notice people were not systematically saying wenge musica maison mere anymore but rather wenge maison mere or maison mere

What was the reasons that the return of Wenge BCBG to Kinshasa was postponed every day in their last week ? Had it something to do with Didier Masela's lawsuit against them ?

I my opinion they had all to change the name of their bands instead of still using Wenge, because it wasn't the same Wenge of intellectuals. Guys like Marie Paul and Ricoco had difficulties with joining the band, because of having finished school. Sometimes I wonder what JB, Masela, Makaba and Werra feel about people coming the term "esprit wenge".

 yes it was because of that masela said from the second jb arrives in kinshasa he is taking him to court,late maman masela played a huge role in settling those issues she told did you cant do jb like that yes you can fall out but never to that extent
makaba actually was against taking wenge  he wanted them to have a completely different name