Franklin Boukaka: L'immortel - the 60's Rumba Revolution in Congo - COMPACT DISCS

Title: L'immortel - the 60's Rumba Revolution in Congo
Artist: Franklin Boukaka
Label: Fremeaux & Assoc. FR
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 3561302583822
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2023-08-04
Number of Discs: 3

After he was coldly murdered in 1972 at the age of 31, the immense artist Franklin Boukaka was very unjustly forgotten. He pioneered popular music in the Congo as the high priest of the rumba, and during the sixties the talents of this great singer/political activist made him a shooting star that lit up the skies in Brazzaville. Frémeaux & Associés is proud to present this first official reissue of his work in a retrospective produced by Claude Blanchard Ngokudi of 2 Rives Productions (Tabu Ley Rochereau, Les Bantous de la Capitale, Zao...). From the album that was his testament - produced by Manu Dibango - to his beginnings with the group Cercul-Jazz, this retrospective brings Franklin Boukaka back to the forefront: one of the greatest musicians to come from the Congo, and the great voice of Pan-Africanism and decolonization. Augustin BONDOUX / Patrick FRÉMEAUX

Tracks:
1.1 Bucheron
1.2 Nakoka
1.3 Likambo Oyo
1.4 Bomoto
1.5 Ata Ozali
1.6 Etumba
1.7 Pont Sur Le Congo
1.8 Luzolo
1.9 Mwanga
1.10 Dia Bikola
1.11 Bibi
1.12 Immortels
1.13 Ya M'Bambi
1.14 Unité Africaine
1.15 Na Congo to Salakala
1.16 Canaillon
1.17 Na Welate
1.18 Succes Cercul
1.19 Julienne
2.1 Brazzavilloises
2.2 Pasi Na Komona
2.3 Yambi Na Bana Poto
2.4 Ba Yembi Ba Congo
2.5 Couple Ya Bolingo
2.6 Kue Tu Kuenda
2.7 Rendez-vous à Bamako
2.8 M Bongi Eyi
2.9 M Bongo Malembe Malembe
2.10 Ecoliers
2.11 Moundounga
2.12 Awana Divorce Na Bana
2.13 Gumbana Gumbana
2.14 Munu Ngiedi
2.15 Kitoko Mingi
2.16 Bayoki Ba Yoka
2.17 Nitouani Yam Bi
2.18 Bonbon Chocolate
2.19 Mariana
2.20 Loufoua Tolo
3.1 Honole
3.2 Mobali Ya Craneur
3.3 Bibi
3.4 Si Tu Me Quieres
3.5 Ma Lumpangu
3.6 Cercul Interafricain
3.7 O Nongone Mba Mulema
3.8 Na Ye Na Lisano
3.9 Adelina
3.10 Vero Na Tika Lise Mi Kuawa
3.11 Pont Sur Le Congo
3.12 Eyaki Ngai Na Bea
3.13 Tobomguisa Avenir
3.14 Ata-Ndele Na Ko Doundua
3.15 Bo Ndumba Ya Brazza
3.16 Longwa Na Nzela
3.17 Yanga
3.18 Boloingo Na Fatouma
3.19 Libala Ya Makasi