Simaro Lutumba Musical artist

Simaro Massiya Lutumba Ndomanueno (born 14 March 1939), popularly known as Simaro, is a soukous rhythm guitarist, songwriter and bandleader in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He was a member of the seminal soukous band TPOK Jazz which dominated the Congolese music scene from the 1960s through the 1980s.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Simaro Massiya Lutumba
Birth dateMarch 19, 1938
Birth place
Belgian Congo , Kinshasa , Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Musical artist

Career started1960
associated musical artist
TPOK Jazz
Bana OK
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Soukous
instrument
Rhythm guitar

Simaro Lutumba on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.afropop.org/multi/interview/ID/28/Lutumba+Simaro,+2002
  2. http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/-/957860/1416052/-/bgsxhy/-/index.html