Also known as Madilu Système, Jean de Dieu Makiese
singer and songwriter (1952–2007)
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Jean de Dieu Makiese (May 28, 1952 – August 11, 2007), popularily known as Madilu System, was a Soukous singer and songwriter born in Léopoldville, Belgian Congo. He was once a member of T.P.O.K Jazz which dominated African popular music in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Madilu was 19 when he started his career in Kinshasa’s thriving music scene in 1969. Over the next fifteen years he sang with Orchestre Symba, Papa Noel’s Orchestre Bambula, Sam Mangwana’s Festival des Maquisards and his own Orche
5 total works indexed
· 2001 · cited 1,288x
· 1991 · cited 1,210x
· 2005 · cited 1,019x
· 2021 · cited 816x
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