(1951-09-28) 28 September 1951 (age 72) Democratic Republic of the Congo
Genres
Soukous, congolese rumba
Occupation(s)
Singer-songwriter
Years active
1971–present
Labels
Boziro
Musical artist
Mbenzu Ngamboni Bokili (born 28 September 1951[1]), better known as Bozi Boziana, is a Congolese singer, songwriter and bandleader. He has been in several major soukous bands, including Orchestre Bamboula, Minzoto Sangela, Zaiko Langa Langa, Isifi Lokole, Yoka Lokole, Langa Langa Stars and Choc Stars, and founded his own band, Orchestre Anti-Choc, which is considered among the most influential of the genre[2] and also notable for introducing up to three female vocalists at any one time (as opposed to backing singers or dancers) into this band all of whom became celebrities in their own right, a tradition which continues up to today.
^Tsiehela, Par Guy Francis (2 August 2020). "Congo-Brazzaville: Musique – Le retour en fanfare de Bozi-Boziana". allAfrica.fr (in French). Retrieved 3 January 2022.
Mbenzu Ngamboni Bokili (born 28 September 1951), better known as BoziBoziana, is a Congolese singer, songwriter and bandleader. He has been in several...
Bozi may refer to: Boží Dar, town Bozi, Ivory Coast, town BoziBoziana, Congolese guitarist and singer Bozi Jan, village Bozi, Iran, village Bozi, Fars...
rejoined Choc Stars and recorded successful releases before joining BoziBoziana's newly established ensemble Orchestre Anti-Choc in 1988 after Choc Stars...
Zaiko Wawa in 1983 to join Choc Stars. Members included Ben Nyamabo, BoziBoziana, and Roxy Tshimpaka. Matumona worked on all the group's albums in the...
soukous and world music acts, including Papa Wemba's Viva La Musica, BoziBoziana's Anti-Choc, Kanda Bongo Man, Koffi Olomide, Kékélé, Paul Simon, and Fally...
this point in his career) along with Evoloko Lay Lay, Mavuela Somo and BoziBoziana, left Zaiko Langa Langa to establish their own musical ensemble Isifi...
and BoziBoziana left Isifi after a quarrel with Jocker. Two other Isifi members, Shora Mukoko and Otis Koyongonda, followed Wemba, Somo, and Boziana in...
Yogo (all 3 of them ex-Viva La Musica), Evoloko Jocker, Djo Mali and BoziBoziana (all 3 ex-Zaiko Langa Langa). In the early 1980s the Langa Langa Stars...
1984 with the release of his first solo album, "Rencontre," featuring BoziBoziana on lead vocals. This album showcased "Azo," a studio rendition of his...
Langa being an important starting ground for musicians like Pepe Feli, BoziBoziana, Evoloko Jocker and Papa Wemba. A smoother, mellower pop sound developed...
vocalist BoziBoziana wrote some of their most appreciated hits, such as Sandu Kotti, Alena, Mbuta-Mutu, and Retrouvailles a Paris. When Boziana left to...
BoziBoziana. Isifi Lokolo had a widespread success in Congo; their most famous hit was Amazone. Despite this, in 1975 Papa Wemba, Somo and Boziana left...
Eduardo Muniz, La Kumpania Zelwer, Lili Boniche, Orchestre Anti Choc de Bozi, Boziana, Olodum, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Paulus Damenië & Band and Phantoms Donnisulana...
musicians who had quit Zaiko Langa Langa—Evoloko Jocker, Djo Mali and BoziBoziana—in forming the Langa Langa Stars. They formed that group under the patronage...
of his career, he left Zaiko and together Papa Wemba, Mavuela Somo, BoziBoziana, they formed the band Isifi Lokole. After six months of incredible success...
Niarcos) La Guerre des Stars - Likambo ya Mopatasi (1985, with Lita Bembo, BoziBoziana and Espérant Kisangani) Papa Wemba Ekumany (1985) 8ème Anniversaire (1985)...
Bamboula (led by Papa Noel and also including Madilu System; Pepe Kalle; BoziBoziana; and Wuta Mayi, then known as Blaise Pasco, with whom Bopol would work...
music. Her father invited in the 1990s Congolese rumba musicians like BoziBoziana, Zaiko Langa Langa and Pepe Kalle to play concerts in Frankfurt am Main...
saxophone, and Mangenza on drums, as well as Madilu System, Pepe Kalle and BoziBoziana. Orchestre Bamboula made its official debut in February 1969 in the town...
solos) began his career in Stukas before his successful experience in BoziBoziana's Anti Choc. While great soukous bands such as Zaïko Langa Langa, Bella...
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