In October, the world marked 30 years since the death of Africa’s most famous singer, Franco Luambo Makiadi. That is a coveted position for any living Kenyan artiste. Franco’s fame went beyond his ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. A huge bronze statue of a smiling Franco Luambo Makiadi, a guitar strapped to his burly ...

Franco Luambo Makiadi had a brother, Bavon Marie Marie. The two brothers played guitar, composed songs and led bands. And, like they shared so much in common, so it was a woman – Marie-José Simplicie.

Shakara blogs about the Congolese musician, Franco Luambo: “It’s a known fact that Franco recorded various praise songs for Mobutu, openly supported Mobutu’s presidential campaigns and toured to ...

This Saturday marks the 24th death anniversary of Congolese music legend Luambo Lwanzo Makiadi, popularly known as Franco. His ghost continues to hover over African music, an enduring testimony of his ...

Celebrations and commemorations are taking place in the Democratic Republic of Congo and elsewhere on the continent today as people remember the life of Franco Luambo Makiadi. To play this content ...

Windhoek — The Warehouse Theatre became on Tuesday night a hustle and bustle but of a different kind this time around as close to 700 revellers, jazz lovers and Rumba fans were taken on jazz and ...

Yves Emongo was very clear. No one, he told this writer, can wear the OK Jazz brand better than Franco did. The son of L’Okanga La Ndju Pene Luambo Makiadi, better known simply as Franco, was trying ...

During his 35 year recording career, the Congolese guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader Franco released several hundred singles and around 150 albums. Where does the anthologist begin, and ...