Wendo Kolosoy Musical artist

Antoine Wendo Kolosoy (April 25, 1925 – July 28, 2008), known as Papa Wendo, was a Congolese musician. He was considered the "Father" of Congolese rumba music, a musical style blending rumba, beguine, waltz, tango and cha-cha.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Papa Wendo Wendo Windsor Wendo Sor Sor Wendo alanga nzembo Wendo mokonzi ya nzembo
Birth dateApril 25, 1925
Birth place
Mushie , Belgian Congo , Mai-Ndombe District
Date of deathJuly 28, 2008
Place of death
Kinshasa , Democratic Republic of the Congo
Hometown
Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Musical artist

Career started1943
Career ended1943
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Soukous
World music
Rumba

Topical connections

Antoine GizengaPrime minister
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Álvaro GaonaBoxer
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Wendo Kolosoy on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://etudesafricaines.revues.org/document161.html
  2. http://soukous.com/Wendo_Kolosoy
  3. http://theworld.org/?q=node/19796
  4. http://www.afropop.org/multi/interview/ID/27/Wendo+Kolosoy,+2002.
  5. http://www.bakchich.info/article3792.html
  6. http://www.label-bleu.com/artist.php?lng=e&artist_id=51
  7. http://www.lepotentiel.com/afficher_article.php?id_edition=&id_article=23870
  8. http://www.lepotentiel.com/afficher_article.php?id_edition=&id_article=60575
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