I was surprised to hear that Lola Muana was in the diamond-business during the Bana-Lunda era. If he stayed there he could have become a millionaire.
With Lola Muana explaining how he started music as a guitarist and later as bassist, explains everything how Lola would occasionally play bass during concerts of Quartier Latin. I was surprised to hear Abel Benz among the singers that convinced him to start singing. You would think that Abel would progress as singer, but he did not still not convince as singer, when he became part of Academia. Only the label of being Bozi’s son saved him.
Wasn’t the band from Mombele, the same band which had Zoe Bella, Adjani and late Zulema in the past ? It was crazy to hear that Auguy Solo of Magic System and Didier who played bass in Suzuki’s album Decompte Final were his musicians in Brazzaville.
Some years ago, Jimmy Mbonda made an interview with Teddy Mola, where he explained that singers like Soleil Wanga, Spino la Djatence and Lola Muana were doing tests to join Wenge BCBG upon their return from Europe. But them being rejected. I’m surprised to hear that he was accepted, but that he left because of never getting the chance to sing.
I wonder how the musicians were able to attack each other spiritually while they were staying in Mama Amy’s house to prepare the Bercy-show. Did they bring nkisi with them or were they specialists in witchcraft without needing to consult witchdoctors?
Babia was really a troublesome guy, lol. Him eating for free at Maman Amy’s late restaurant without paying her, leaving the rehearsal before the last song with Maman Amy always about his behaviour.
Lola Muana is here denying what was said about him being beaten on stage by Koffi, saying that it were just stories created by Zobozi. But he forgot or doesn’t know that those stories were spread by several people at that time and even staffmembers claiming that Koffi beat Lola several times on stage and backstage. Just before Affaire d’Etat there several rumors being spread about Lola having left and Koffi not liking him anymore for missing a Quartier Latin-concert in Switserland to sing Mokili Echanger in a concert of Zaiko in Brussels.
I think that Werrason himself didn’t want Lola Muana in his band. There’s a video where Lola, Mustapha, Babia, and Fally were backing Werrason at Kimpwanza. While they were singing “Coco Madimba”, there was a moment when Lola Muana sung high during “yahwe pesa” and Werrason gave him a side-eye. Hearing how there were often fights between fans in Maison Mère, you wouldn’t think Maison Mère comes from the Wenge Musica Bon Chic Bon Genre branch. It became basically a band of kuluna’s, while Wenge Musica BC-BG 4x4 was a band associated with class, elegance, bourgeois values, etc.