Lokassa and the Soukous Stars. That is what the name of the group would have been. It was a textbook; Franco and TP OK Jazz, Tabu Ley and Afrisa Internationale, Verckys and Veve, Aurlus Mabele and ...

Legendary soukous star Aurlus Mabele is dead. Even though the cause of death is yet to be confirmed, the 67-year-old has been battling throat cancer for years. Confirming the death through a Facebook ...

Nairobi — The music scene in the Democratic Republic of Congo, dominated by the grand maestro Franco (Luambo Luanzo Makiadi) for nearly four decades until his death in 1989, has a host of new ...

Versatile and talented Paris-based Congolese singer and dancer Yondo Kusala Sister is in Nairobi on a private visit. But the former Soukous Stars band member, best known for her Bazo hit song will not ...