Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique: Marie Paul & Wenge El Paris (Congo-Kinshasa)

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Wenge Musica was formed in 1981 as a young outfit of modern soukous music. As with so many Congolese bands, artistic or personal differences or financial difficulties led to several personnel changes as some of the band members leave and create a band of their own, but drawing on the name of the original band. Around 1990, Wenge Musica split between two factions, Wenge Musica BCBG and Wenge Musica Aile Paris (=Paris-wing, now referred to as Wenge L Paris or Wenge El Paris) under singer Marie Paul Kambulu together with Alain Mwanga "Zing Zong' and Aimé Bwanga. The latter left El Paris to form Wenge Kumbela. The Paris wing has not had the success as the Kinshasa based factions Wenge BCBG and Wenge Maison Mère. Formed: by Marie Paul Kambulu as a Paris based off-shoot of Wenge Musica, in 1990 Style: soukous.

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