Nyboma
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Active from
- 1952
Discography
- Doublé doublé1981
- Nyboma1995
- La Voix Danos Canta - Vol. 1/3 1971-1974 Le Mérite De La Musique Congolaise1998
- La Voix Danos Canta - Vol. 2/3 1972-1974 Le Mérite De La Musique Congolaise1998
- La Voix Danos Canta - Vol. 3/3 1974-1975 Le Mérite De La Musique Congolaise1998
- Nyboma & Kamale Dynamique2005
- Les Generations
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Nyboma is one of the most celebrated Soukous musicians in the world. Nyboma Mwan'dido was born in Zaïre (now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo). Nyboma started singing with Orchestre Negro Succes. In 1969 he joined the band Baby National, then Bella Bella. He broke away and started a band called Lipua Lipua, with which he scored the hit "Kamale". When he left Lipua Lipua, he called his next band Les Kamale. In the 1970s Les Kamale was a popular danceband with their hits "Salanga" and "A
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15 sectionsContents
- Biography
- 1952-1970: Early years and first bands: Baby National and Negro Succès
- 1970s: Work with Verckys: Bella Bella, Lipua Lipua, Orchestre Kamale, Les Kamale
- 1979-present: West Africa and Paris - solo work, collaborations, Les Quatre Etoiles, Kékélé
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- Discography
- Solo records (or as band leader)
- Compilations
- Featured with other artists
- As a band member
- As a supporting artist
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'''Nyboma Mwan'dido''' (or Muan'dido), often simply Nyboma (born 1952), a prominent Congolese soukous tenor vocalist, has been over a fifty-year span a leading member of several outstanding bands, including Orchestre Bella Bella, Orchestre Lipua Lipua, Orchestre Kamale, Les Quatre Étoiles, and Kékélé, in addition to performing and recording as a solo artist. He is widely recognized as one of the best singers in Congolese music.
==Biography== ===1952-1970: Early years and first bands: Baby National and Negro Succès=== Nyboma was born on 24 December 1952 in Nioki, a river town 200 km northeast of the capital of what at the time was the Belgian Congo, later the Republic of the Congo and Zaire, and is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. He learned to sing as a child in Nioki, in the church choir. He sang in the school chorus when his family moved to Kinshasa while he was still in primary school.
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