Author Topic: So guys, what's the difference between Soukous & Ndombolo?  (Read 11397 times)

Sydo #15 on: February 05, 2021, 17:29

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Guys I have a question.

Which name would you put to congolese music? If soukous or ndombolo didn't even exist. We all know our music does not have a definitive name, so what name would you give to our music.
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bencuri #16 on: February 06, 2021, 03:45

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" Then from the early 90s it was called Soukous, but the Kinshasa-based artists refused to be refered like that, seeing Soukous-artists based in Paris (Kanda Bongo Man, Diblo Dibala, Aurlus Mabele, Dr Sakis, etc.) artists who were killing the genre and giving people abroad a fake image about our music."

Why this is odd is because Sakis and Dany Engobo are the ones who can still produce albums like in good old days. Like the album: Baobab from Dany from 2015. It is the personal favourite of mine from recent years.

SLY PAPA NA KEVIN #17 on: February 06, 2021, 07:29

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...and our friends in Kenya call it Lingala music ;D ;D ;D
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bigbodybeats #18 on: February 06, 2021, 23:35

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The best way I can think of it is Kansa Bongo Man “zing zong” or his catalog of music that’s soukous same with Aurlus Mabele

shamala #19 on: February 07, 2021, 03:37

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...and our friends in Kenya call it Lingala music ;D ;D ;D

Very correct... They still do!!!
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SLY PAPA NA KEVIN #20 on: February 07, 2021, 11:42

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...and our friends in Kenya call it Lingala music ;D ;D ;D

Very correct... They still do!!!
Why is that so,i have always wondered?
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Ingénieur Paulo #21 on: February 12, 2021, 11:59

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...and our friends in Kenya call it Lingala music ;D ;D ;D

Very correct... They still do!!!
Why is that so,i have always wondered?
Because all songs are in Lingala language, so in Swahili we say, "wanaimba kilingala (they're singing in Lingala)". We got lazy and just decided to shorten it and say, "wanaimba Lingala (they're singing Lingala)". And that's how we started calling Soukous/ Ndombolo/ Sebene "Lingala".

Its pretty much the same way we refer to all music from Tanzania as "Bongo"