Zaiko Langa Langa (also spelled Zaïko Langa Langa and in other variants) ar… Read Full Bio ↴Zaiko Langa Langa (also spelled Zaïko Langa Langa and in other variants) are a seminal soukous band from DR Congo. The word "Zaiko" is a portmanteau for the lingala phrase Zaire ya bankoko, meaning "Zaire of our ancestors", where "Zaire" must be read as a reference to the river by that name, now called Congo. The meaning of the phrase "Langa Langa" is controversial; according to the band's website, it means "marvelous" or "almighty".
Founded in the early 1969 by D.V. Moanda, Marcelin Delo, Henry Mongombe, Olemi Eshar-Eshar dem'belina and Andre Bita, Zaiko Langa Langa survived into the 2000s (decade), and have been largely popular through the decades. Because of their "rebel" and "hippie" attitude, and their innovative approach to soukous, they became a symbol of the new generations of post-independence Zaire, and are sometimes compared to the Rolling Stones for their appeal on the Congolese youth.
The band has experienced several personnel changes, and a number of prominent soukous musicians have been in their lineup; examples are Bozi Boziana, Dindo Yogo, Evoloko Jocker, N'Yoka Longo and Bimi Ombale. Several soukous band formed as spin-offs of Zaiko Langa Langa; these include Isifi Lokole, Yoka Lokole, Viva La Musica, Langa Langa Stars, Zaiko Familia Dei, Basilique Loningisa, Choc Stars, Anti Choc, and Zaiko Nkolo Mboka. This large group of related bands is sometimes referred to as "Clan Langa Langa" (i.e., "the Langa Langa family").
In 2000, Zaiko Langa Langa were awarded by the Congolese Media Association as the best Congolese musical group of the 20th century.
The band was formed in 1969 with the provisional name "Orchestra Zaiko". The original lineup was composed of Papa Wemba, Mavuela Somo, Evoloko Lay Lay, Teddy Sukami, Oncle Bapius, Zamuangana le meilleur and Manuaku Waku (also known as Pépé Fely) and N'Yoka Longo. The band also had a pop section, which was playing before the soukous section, with Bimi Ombale, Mbuta Matima and Mashakado Mbuta. Moanda, Mongombe, Marcelin, Waku, Longo and Bita were all from a former band called Bel Guide National. They were mostly students coming from upper-class families of Kinshasa.
The sound of Zaiko Langa Langa was revolutionary with respect to the soukous tradition. They adopted a more up tempo beat, abandoned wind instruments and emphasized snare drums and lead electric guitars (and eventually also synthesizers). The percussion rhythms were adapted from traditional Congolese music and the sebene became more prominent. Their vocal lines made a large use of the call and response schemes. Their frenetic stage shows featured a frontline of four singers.
Because of these innovations, they are sometimes referred to as the founders of the "third school" of soukous. The "first school" is probably that of soukous bands of the 1950s, such as Grand Kalle et l'African Jazz and OK Jazz, while the "second school" could be that of Sam Mangwana's African Fiesta. While their "rebel" attitude, which resembled that of the hippie movement, earned them the sobriquet of "Zaire's Rolling Stones".
Zaiko quickly became one of the most popular groups of Zaire, and had a large fan base among Kinshasa's juvenile. In the 1970s, Zaiko's singers Evoloko "Lay Lay" Joker, Papa Wemba, Gina Efonge, Mavuela Somo, Nyoka Longo and Bimi Ombale popularized a dance known as cavacha, also spelled "kavasha, that was a decade-lasting craze in most East Africa.
In 1974, Zaiko Langa Langa were amongst the Zairean bands to be invited to play in Zaire '74, a huge musical event celebrating the Rumble in the Jungle.
In the mid 1970s the band lost some of its most important members. Papa Wemba, Bozi Boziana, Mavuela Somo and Evoloko left in 1974 to create Isifi Lokole; the same year, Papa Wemba, Bozi Boziana and Mavuela abandoned Evoloko after a conflict of leadership in the groupe between Evoloko and Papa Wemba to form Yoka Lokole in 1976. In 1980, guitarist Manuaka Waku also founded his own group, Grand Zaiko Wa Wa. After a brief period of inactivity, the band returned in 1975, and in the following years maintained a prominent position in the soukous scenes, while competing with its own spin-offs such as Isifi Melodia, Yoka Lokole and later on in 1977 Viva La Musica of Papa Wemba after he left Yoka Lokole after another conflict of leadership between him and Mavuela Somo. The outcome of the personnel changes in the band was the establishment of N'Yoka Longo as the new leader, and new entries such as Lengi Lenga, Bakunde Ilo Pablo and Likinga. Zaiko Langa Langa's production of the latter 1970s are particularly sophisticated both in terms of melody and orchestration, and the choreography of the live performance was also richer than it was in the early years. In 1975 too saw the establishment of the longest serving front singers of Zaiko in Nyoka Longo, Bimi Ombale, Lengi Lenga and Likinga Redo who will become for fourteen years the face of Zaiko and impose Zaiko as the ultimate heavy weight of youth music in Zaire. The success of the band was so huge and unprecedented in Zairian music history that all the presonnel that have left the band were queuing to return. In 1977, Bozi Boziana rejoined the group, followed by Mashakado Mbuta and Evoloko in 1980.
Despite new internal quarrels and personnel changes with the departure of Evoloko, Bozi and Djo Mali in 1981 to form Langa Langa Stars, Zaiko Langa Langa were successful throughout the 1980s. The band was touring Europe and Africa regularly and was the first Zairian band to visit Japan. At the end of the decade at the height of their glory and having establish themselves as legends in Zaire, the band experienced another major split, between the two leaders of the group Nyoka Longo and Bimi Ombale. The band was divided in two with every musician choosing his camp between the two leaders who were part of Zaiko since it creation. With Meridjo, Bapius, Matima, Zamuangana who were part of Zaiko from it creation staying with Nyoka Longo followed by Dindo Yogo and the band was called then Zaiko Langa Langa Nkolo Mboka, and was considered as the original Zaiko, to differentiate it from the band of Bimi Ombale which was called Zaiko Langa Langa Familia Dei and had Lengi Lenga, Ilo Pablo, JP Buse and the rest of the musicians that came in the 1980s. Later on, N'Yoka Longo's group reacquired the original name "Zaiko Langa Langa", which has maintained until today. N'Yoka Longo is still the leader of the group.
In 2002, Zaiko performed in the mythic arena Zenith of Paris, France. More than 6.000 fans attended. This was considered by many as the renaissance or rebirth of Zaiko. In fact, as earlier as 1988, Zaiko, being very popular at that time, made plan to perform in Zenith but the great split that occurred in the band stopped it for doing so.
Zaiko spent 6 and half years in Europe (2002–09). Its Headquarters ware based in Bruxelles, Belgium. But the band gave more concerts in France and other countries around Europe. During that time in Europe, Zaiko released three albums: Eureka (2002), Empreintes (2004), Recontres (2006). In the last album, Nyoka Longo invited many former Zaiko musicians like Malage, Beniko Popolipo; and a retired Congolese musician Tony Dee Bokito. He also recruited from Kinshasa, the son of late Dindo yogo, Lola Muana.
During the time the Band was in Europe, Nyoka Longo, in 2006, charged Lola Muana who was then in Kinshasa to form a group that would promote Zaiko music in D.R.Congo. Lola recruited and formed a subsidiary group of Zaiko called Les Ganers de Zaiko. Bapius Muaka, a longtime guitarist bass player who left the group during a minor split of 1999, joined the Ganers too.
The group returned in D.R.Congo in January 2009 with only five musicians: Nyoka Longo, Doudou Adoula, Shou Lay Evoloko, Gege Mangaya and Lola Muana. Other members of the group defected and stayed in Europe where they formed a new band named Les Stars de Zaiko under the leadership of Adamo Ekula. Couple years later, they renamed their new band Zaikas Kolo Mboka.
Since his recruitment in Zaiko, Lola Muana was regarded by many as the principal heir of Zaiko. But in 2009, he was forced to quit the group because of his proposal to have a valid work contract with the group. His request was denied by the President of Zaiko, N'Yoka Longo Mvula Jossart. The son of Evoloko, Shou Lay, who backed Lola's request left the group too. In November 2011, Lola Muana was reinstated in the group.
Zaiko Langa Langa were both influential in their own right and through their many spin-offs. Most of these maintained a strong link to the original formation, and this is often reflected by the names they adopted. The groups that somehow belong to the Zaiko Langa Langa "franchise" are collectively known as the "Clan Langa Langa". This includes:
Isifi Lokole - Papa Wemba, Bozi Boziana, Evoloko Jocker, Mavuela Somo
Yoka Lokole - Papa Wemba, Bozi Boziana, Mavuela Somo
Grand Zaïko Wa Wa (1975–?) - Manuaku Waku who was joined by successful singers like Shimita, Djo Poster among others
Viva La Musica (1977–?) - Papa Wemba, joined by Emeneya Mubiala, dindo yogo
Choc Stars - Bozi Boziana, Tshimpaka Roxy joined by Ben Nyamabo, Karlito Lassa, Defao
L'Orchestre Anti-Choc - Bozi Boziana, joined by Deyesse Mukangi, Jolie Detta, Dodoli, Walingonda, Fifi Mofude, etc.
Langa Langa Stars (1981–1984) - Evoloko Jocker, Bozi Boziana, Tshimpaka Roxy and Djo Mali
TPOK Jazz (1984–1983) - François Luambo Makiadi
Zaïko Langa Langa Nkolo Mboka - N'Yoka Longo, Meridjo, Dindo Yogo, Oncle Bapius, Zamuangana, Nono Atalaku and Matima. They were joined by Malage de Lugendo, Adamo, Baroza, Shiro Shiro,
Zaïko Langa Langa Familia Dei - Lengi Lenga, Ilo Pablo, Bimi Ombale, Beniko Popolipo, Petit Poisson, Djimi Yaba
Zaiko Universel (1999–2000)- Meridjo, Bapius Muaka
Langa Langa Rénové - Evoloko Jocker
Basilique Loningisa - Bimi Ombale
Ngwaka Aye- Dindo Yogo
Les Quatros de Langa Langa, Papa Wemba, Evoloko, Bozi Boziana, Gina Efonge
Les Stars de Zaiko, Now called Zaikas Kolo Mboka, Adamo Ekula, Petit Poisson, Tshanda, Papy Cocaine, etc.
Clan Petrole (1983–1940) - The Best Collections.
Discography
* 1970 : Pauline
* 1972 : L'amoureux decu
* 1973 : Mete la vérité, chouchouna
* 1974 : Liwa ya somo
* 1981 : Sarah Djenni
* 1983 : La Tout Neige
* 1985 : Zaiko Eyi Nkisi
* 1985 : Eh Ngoss! Eh Ngoss! Eh Ngoss!
* 1986 : Bongoville
* 1986 : Pusa Kuna... Serrez! Serrez!
* 1987 : Bongama Kamata Position
* 1987 : Subissez les conséquences
* 1988 : Nippon Banzai au Japon
* 1989 : Jetez l'Eponge
* 1990 : Zaiko Langa-Langa F. D.
* 1992 : L'Autentique Zaiko Langa Langa
* 1993 : Jamais sans nous
* 1993 : Zaire-Ghana (recorded in Accra in 1976, produced by Henri Bowane)
* 1995 : Avis de recherche
* 1995 : Zekete Zekete
* 1996 : Sans issue
* 1996 : Pacha labaran
* 1997 : Papa Omar
* 1997 : Onassis
* 1997 : Muvaro
* 1997 : Le beau temps
* 1997 : Bongo bouger
* 1997 : Bacline Lesson One
* 1997 : Poison
* 2000 : Etumba ya la vie
* 2001 : Legend
* 2002 : Anthologie
* 2003 : Sentiment Awa / Essesse
* 2003 : Eureka!
* 2004 : Empreinte
* Zaire Congo Dance
* Zaiko Langa Langa
* Saisie en Douane... 20 Ans Déjà
* Ici Ça Va... Fungola Motema
* Out of Africa
Founded in the early 1969 by D.V. Moanda, Marcelin Delo, Henry Mongombe, Olemi Eshar-Eshar dem'belina and Andre Bita, Zaiko Langa Langa survived into the 2000s (decade), and have been largely popular through the decades. Because of their "rebel" and "hippie" attitude, and their innovative approach to soukous, they became a symbol of the new generations of post-independence Zaire, and are sometimes compared to the Rolling Stones for their appeal on the Congolese youth.
The band has experienced several personnel changes, and a number of prominent soukous musicians have been in their lineup; examples are Bozi Boziana, Dindo Yogo, Evoloko Jocker, N'Yoka Longo and Bimi Ombale. Several soukous band formed as spin-offs of Zaiko Langa Langa; these include Isifi Lokole, Yoka Lokole, Viva La Musica, Langa Langa Stars, Zaiko Familia Dei, Basilique Loningisa, Choc Stars, Anti Choc, and Zaiko Nkolo Mboka. This large group of related bands is sometimes referred to as "Clan Langa Langa" (i.e., "the Langa Langa family").
In 2000, Zaiko Langa Langa were awarded by the Congolese Media Association as the best Congolese musical group of the 20th century.
The band was formed in 1969 with the provisional name "Orchestra Zaiko". The original lineup was composed of Papa Wemba, Mavuela Somo, Evoloko Lay Lay, Teddy Sukami, Oncle Bapius, Zamuangana le meilleur and Manuaku Waku (also known as Pépé Fely) and N'Yoka Longo. The band also had a pop section, which was playing before the soukous section, with Bimi Ombale, Mbuta Matima and Mashakado Mbuta. Moanda, Mongombe, Marcelin, Waku, Longo and Bita were all from a former band called Bel Guide National. They were mostly students coming from upper-class families of Kinshasa.
The sound of Zaiko Langa Langa was revolutionary with respect to the soukous tradition. They adopted a more up tempo beat, abandoned wind instruments and emphasized snare drums and lead electric guitars (and eventually also synthesizers). The percussion rhythms were adapted from traditional Congolese music and the sebene became more prominent. Their vocal lines made a large use of the call and response schemes. Their frenetic stage shows featured a frontline of four singers.
Because of these innovations, they are sometimes referred to as the founders of the "third school" of soukous. The "first school" is probably that of soukous bands of the 1950s, such as Grand Kalle et l'African Jazz and OK Jazz, while the "second school" could be that of Sam Mangwana's African Fiesta. While their "rebel" attitude, which resembled that of the hippie movement, earned them the sobriquet of "Zaire's Rolling Stones".
Zaiko quickly became one of the most popular groups of Zaire, and had a large fan base among Kinshasa's juvenile. In the 1970s, Zaiko's singers Evoloko "Lay Lay" Joker, Papa Wemba, Gina Efonge, Mavuela Somo, Nyoka Longo and Bimi Ombale popularized a dance known as cavacha, also spelled "kavasha, that was a decade-lasting craze in most East Africa.
In 1974, Zaiko Langa Langa were amongst the Zairean bands to be invited to play in Zaire '74, a huge musical event celebrating the Rumble in the Jungle.
In the mid 1970s the band lost some of its most important members. Papa Wemba, Bozi Boziana, Mavuela Somo and Evoloko left in 1974 to create Isifi Lokole; the same year, Papa Wemba, Bozi Boziana and Mavuela abandoned Evoloko after a conflict of leadership in the groupe between Evoloko and Papa Wemba to form Yoka Lokole in 1976. In 1980, guitarist Manuaka Waku also founded his own group, Grand Zaiko Wa Wa. After a brief period of inactivity, the band returned in 1975, and in the following years maintained a prominent position in the soukous scenes, while competing with its own spin-offs such as Isifi Melodia, Yoka Lokole and later on in 1977 Viva La Musica of Papa Wemba after he left Yoka Lokole after another conflict of leadership between him and Mavuela Somo. The outcome of the personnel changes in the band was the establishment of N'Yoka Longo as the new leader, and new entries such as Lengi Lenga, Bakunde Ilo Pablo and Likinga. Zaiko Langa Langa's production of the latter 1970s are particularly sophisticated both in terms of melody and orchestration, and the choreography of the live performance was also richer than it was in the early years. In 1975 too saw the establishment of the longest serving front singers of Zaiko in Nyoka Longo, Bimi Ombale, Lengi Lenga and Likinga Redo who will become for fourteen years the face of Zaiko and impose Zaiko as the ultimate heavy weight of youth music in Zaire. The success of the band was so huge and unprecedented in Zairian music history that all the presonnel that have left the band were queuing to return. In 1977, Bozi Boziana rejoined the group, followed by Mashakado Mbuta and Evoloko in 1980.
Despite new internal quarrels and personnel changes with the departure of Evoloko, Bozi and Djo Mali in 1981 to form Langa Langa Stars, Zaiko Langa Langa were successful throughout the 1980s. The band was touring Europe and Africa regularly and was the first Zairian band to visit Japan. At the end of the decade at the height of their glory and having establish themselves as legends in Zaire, the band experienced another major split, between the two leaders of the group Nyoka Longo and Bimi Ombale. The band was divided in two with every musician choosing his camp between the two leaders who were part of Zaiko since it creation. With Meridjo, Bapius, Matima, Zamuangana who were part of Zaiko from it creation staying with Nyoka Longo followed by Dindo Yogo and the band was called then Zaiko Langa Langa Nkolo Mboka, and was considered as the original Zaiko, to differentiate it from the band of Bimi Ombale which was called Zaiko Langa Langa Familia Dei and had Lengi Lenga, Ilo Pablo, JP Buse and the rest of the musicians that came in the 1980s. Later on, N'Yoka Longo's group reacquired the original name "Zaiko Langa Langa", which has maintained until today. N'Yoka Longo is still the leader of the group.
In 2002, Zaiko performed in the mythic arena Zenith of Paris, France. More than 6.000 fans attended. This was considered by many as the renaissance or rebirth of Zaiko. In fact, as earlier as 1988, Zaiko, being very popular at that time, made plan to perform in Zenith but the great split that occurred in the band stopped it for doing so.
Zaiko spent 6 and half years in Europe (2002–09). Its Headquarters ware based in Bruxelles, Belgium. But the band gave more concerts in France and other countries around Europe. During that time in Europe, Zaiko released three albums: Eureka (2002), Empreintes (2004), Recontres (2006). In the last album, Nyoka Longo invited many former Zaiko musicians like Malage, Beniko Popolipo; and a retired Congolese musician Tony Dee Bokito. He also recruited from Kinshasa, the son of late Dindo yogo, Lola Muana.
During the time the Band was in Europe, Nyoka Longo, in 2006, charged Lola Muana who was then in Kinshasa to form a group that would promote Zaiko music in D.R.Congo. Lola recruited and formed a subsidiary group of Zaiko called Les Ganers de Zaiko. Bapius Muaka, a longtime guitarist bass player who left the group during a minor split of 1999, joined the Ganers too.
The group returned in D.R.Congo in January 2009 with only five musicians: Nyoka Longo, Doudou Adoula, Shou Lay Evoloko, Gege Mangaya and Lola Muana. Other members of the group defected and stayed in Europe where they formed a new band named Les Stars de Zaiko under the leadership of Adamo Ekula. Couple years later, they renamed their new band Zaikas Kolo Mboka.
Since his recruitment in Zaiko, Lola Muana was regarded by many as the principal heir of Zaiko. But in 2009, he was forced to quit the group because of his proposal to have a valid work contract with the group. His request was denied by the President of Zaiko, N'Yoka Longo Mvula Jossart. The son of Evoloko, Shou Lay, who backed Lola's request left the group too. In November 2011, Lola Muana was reinstated in the group.
Zaiko Langa Langa were both influential in their own right and through their many spin-offs. Most of these maintained a strong link to the original formation, and this is often reflected by the names they adopted. The groups that somehow belong to the Zaiko Langa Langa "franchise" are collectively known as the "Clan Langa Langa". This includes:
Isifi Lokole - Papa Wemba, Bozi Boziana, Evoloko Jocker, Mavuela Somo
Yoka Lokole - Papa Wemba, Bozi Boziana, Mavuela Somo
Grand Zaïko Wa Wa (1975–?) - Manuaku Waku who was joined by successful singers like Shimita, Djo Poster among others
Viva La Musica (1977–?) - Papa Wemba, joined by Emeneya Mubiala, dindo yogo
Choc Stars - Bozi Boziana, Tshimpaka Roxy joined by Ben Nyamabo, Karlito Lassa, Defao
L'Orchestre Anti-Choc - Bozi Boziana, joined by Deyesse Mukangi, Jolie Detta, Dodoli, Walingonda, Fifi Mofude, etc.
Langa Langa Stars (1981–1984) - Evoloko Jocker, Bozi Boziana, Tshimpaka Roxy and Djo Mali
TPOK Jazz (1984–1983) - François Luambo Makiadi
Zaïko Langa Langa Nkolo Mboka - N'Yoka Longo, Meridjo, Dindo Yogo, Oncle Bapius, Zamuangana, Nono Atalaku and Matima. They were joined by Malage de Lugendo, Adamo, Baroza, Shiro Shiro,
Zaïko Langa Langa Familia Dei - Lengi Lenga, Ilo Pablo, Bimi Ombale, Beniko Popolipo, Petit Poisson, Djimi Yaba
Zaiko Universel (1999–2000)- Meridjo, Bapius Muaka
Langa Langa Rénové - Evoloko Jocker
Basilique Loningisa - Bimi Ombale
Ngwaka Aye- Dindo Yogo
Les Quatros de Langa Langa, Papa Wemba, Evoloko, Bozi Boziana, Gina Efonge
Les Stars de Zaiko, Now called Zaikas Kolo Mboka, Adamo Ekula, Petit Poisson, Tshanda, Papy Cocaine, etc.
Clan Petrole (1983–1940) - The Best Collections.
Discography
* 1970 : Pauline
* 1972 : L'amoureux decu
* 1973 : Mete la vérité, chouchouna
* 1974 : Liwa ya somo
* 1981 : Sarah Djenni
* 1983 : La Tout Neige
* 1985 : Zaiko Eyi Nkisi
* 1985 : Eh Ngoss! Eh Ngoss! Eh Ngoss!
* 1986 : Bongoville
* 1986 : Pusa Kuna... Serrez! Serrez!
* 1987 : Bongama Kamata Position
* 1987 : Subissez les conséquences
* 1988 : Nippon Banzai au Japon
* 1989 : Jetez l'Eponge
* 1990 : Zaiko Langa-Langa F. D.
* 1992 : L'Autentique Zaiko Langa Langa
* 1993 : Jamais sans nous
* 1993 : Zaire-Ghana (recorded in Accra in 1976, produced by Henri Bowane)
* 1995 : Avis de recherche
* 1995 : Zekete Zekete
* 1996 : Sans issue
* 1996 : Pacha labaran
* 1997 : Papa Omar
* 1997 : Onassis
* 1997 : Muvaro
* 1997 : Le beau temps
* 1997 : Bongo bouger
* 1997 : Bacline Lesson One
* 1997 : Poison
* 2000 : Etumba ya la vie
* 2001 : Legend
* 2002 : Anthologie
* 2003 : Sentiment Awa / Essesse
* 2003 : Eureka!
* 2004 : Empreinte
* Zaire Congo Dance
* Zaiko Langa Langa
* Saisie en Douane... 20 Ans Déjà
* Ici Ça Va... Fungola Motema
* Out of Africa
Nzete ya mbila
Zaïko Langa Langa Lyrics
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Ata mbul′ekoya
Likolo nyoso etondi mapata
Nazali na pema
Nazali na bomoi kimia
Ngai nzete ya mbila
Nakoleyisa bango
Bandima te motema makasi
Bako bwaka nga na moto
Tango ya malili
E-eh
Ngambo ya kobokolo bato
Awa libumu ekotondaka
Moto nini abanza
Moto ezali na makusa
Bawelisi nzala
Ngai libanga ya mungwa
Bakamata babwaka
Lobi bakoya kolokota
Pe babongoli bileyi
Awa libumu ekotondaka
Moto nini abanza
Moto ezali na makusa
Bawelisi nzala
Ngai libanga ya mungwa
Bakamata babwaka
Lobi bakoya kolokota
Pe babongoli bileyi
Ndenge tongo etani ekokola
Engambe na motema akoyeba
Etikali bana balamuka
Mpe babelela nzala e-eh
Etikali butu eyinda
Kimia ekoma
Mokili eko tambolaka bongo
Ye ayebi
Ndenge tongo etani ekokola (Ngai mawa)
Engambe na motema akoyeba (Bapanzi famille)
Etikali bana balamuka
Mpe babelela nzala e-eh
Etikali butu eyinda
Kimia ekoma
Mokili eko tambolaka bongo
Ye ayebi
Toweli nini bandeko
Nakowa pona biso nyoso
Tolendisa nzoto na botawu ya bomwana
La vie ezali pasi
Ndenge tongo etani ekokola (Ngai mawa)
Engambe na motema akoyeba (Baweli bokonzi)
Etikali bana balamuka
Mpe babelela nzala e-eh
Etikali butu eyinda
Kimia ekoma
Mokili eko tambolaka bongo
Ye ayebi
Na liwa ya tata
Nani akokaki kobima
Kosamba na ba noko, e-eh
Ngai nsomi na libumu ya mama
Lelo nga nakoyangela libota nyoso
Ndenge tongo etani ekokola (Ngai mawa)
Engambe na motema akoyeba (Nani a ndimela nga)
Etikali bana balamuka
Mpe babelela nzala e-eh
Etikali butu eyinda
Kimia ekoma
Mokili eko tambolaka bongo
Ye ayebi
Likolo nyoso etondi mapata
Nazali na pema
Nazali na bomoi kimia
Ngai nzete ya mbila
Nakoleyisa bango
Bandima te motema makasi
Bako bwaka nga na moto
E-eh
Ngambo ya kobokolo bato
Awa libumu ekotondaka
Moto nini abanza
Moto ezali na makusa
Bawelisi nzala
Ngai libanga ya mungwa
Bakamata babwaka
Lobi bakoya kolokota
Pe babongoli bileyi
Awa libumu ekotondaka
Moto nini abanza
Moto ezali na makusa
Bawelisi nzala
Ngai libanga ya mungwa
Bakamata babwaka
Lobi bakoya kolokota
Pe babongoli bileyi
Ndenge tongo etani ekokola
Engambe na motema akoyeba
Etikali bana balamuka
Mpe babelela nzala e-eh
Etikali butu eyinda
Kimia ekoma
Mokili eko tambolaka bongo
Ye ayebi
Ndenge tongo etani ekokola (Ngai mawa)
Engambe na motema akoyeba (Bapanzi famille)
Etikali bana balamuka
Mpe babelela nzala e-eh
Etikali butu eyinda
Kimia ekoma
Mokili eko tambolaka bongo
Ye ayebi
Toweli nini bandeko
Nakowa pona biso nyoso
Tolendisa nzoto na botawu ya bomwana
La vie ezali pasi
Ndenge tongo etani ekokola (Ngai mawa)
Engambe na motema akoyeba (Baweli bokonzi)
Etikali bana balamuka
Mpe babelela nzala e-eh
Etikali butu eyinda
Kimia ekoma
Mokili eko tambolaka bongo
Ye ayebi
Na liwa ya tata
Nani akokaki kobima
Kosamba na ba noko, e-eh
Ngai nsomi na libumu ya mama
Lelo nga nakoyangela libota nyoso
Ndenge tongo etani ekokola (Ngai mawa)
Engambe na motema akoyeba (Nani a ndimela nga)
Etikali bana balamuka
Mpe babelela nzala e-eh
Etikali butu eyinda
Kimia ekoma
Mokili eko tambolaka bongo
Ye ayebi
The lyrics of "Nzete Ya Mbila" by Zaiko Langa Langa describe a person who is struggling through life, experiencing hunger, poverty and various trials. The singer has a strong attachment to their musical instrument, the "mbila," and uses it as a source of comfort and strength. The lyrics express the singer’s frustration with life's difficulties and their inability to find relief. They view the world as a place where people are hungry and powerless and where life is a constant struggle. The singer wonders why they are suffering so much and asks where their help will come from. The chorus expresses the singer’s fatigue and sense of hopelessness in the face of life's obstacles.
The second verse talks about the suffering of children and the impact of poverty on their lives. The lyrics describe how they are hungry and neglected and how their suffering is overlooked by society. The singer expresses their desire to help these children but feels powerless to do so. The chorus repeats, emphasizing the feelings of despair.
The third and final verse mentions the singer's parents and ancestors and asks for their guidance and strength. The lyrics express the singer’s determination to continue fighting through life's struggles and to break free from poverty and hardship. The song ends with the chorus, repeating the message of hopelessness and exhaustion.
Line by Line Meaning
Ata mbul′ekoya
Even when the night is dark
Likolo nyoso etondi mapata
My heart is still beating strong
Nazali na pema
I have a guitar
Nazali na bomoi kimia
And a soul full of music
Ngai nzete ya mbila
I am the king of the guitar
Nakoleyisa bango
And I am playing for them
Bandima te motema makasi
Without getting tired
Bako bwaka nga na moto
They dance with me like fire
Tango ya malili
In the middle of the night
E-eh
Oh yeah
Ngambo ya kobokolo bato
With the young and the old
Awa libumu ekotondaka
The bass drum is pounding here
Moto nini abanza
What is the beginning of the world
Moto ezali na makusa
The world is full of troubles
Bawelisi nzala
Causing hunger
Ngai libanga ya mungwa
I am the son of a rich man
Bakamata babwaka
They clap and dance
Lobi bakoya kolokota
While the women ululate
Pe babongoli bileyi
And the children cheer on
Ndenge tongo etani ekokola
The drumbeat is calling
Engambe na motema akoyeba
And my heart understands
Etikali bana balamuka
The children are waking up
Mpe babelela nzala e-eh
And they cry out for food
Etikali butu eyinda
While the old men sit around
Kimia ekoma
And the night deepens
Mokili eko tambolaka bongo
But the world is still dancing
Ye ayebi
And it knows how to have fun
Toweli nini bandeko
What are you waiting for, my friends
Nakowa pona biso nyoso
Come join us all
Tolendisa nzoto na botawu ya bomwana
Let us shake our bodies and babies
La vie ezali pasi
Life is hard
Na liwa ya tata
In the name of the father
Nani akokaki kobima
Who will come and stop us
Kosamba na ba noko, e-eh
Despite the enemies around us
Ngai nsomi na libumu ya mama
I learned from my mother's drum
Lelo nga nakoyangela libota nyoso
Today I am traveling all over
Writer(s): Joseph Roger Longo M Vula
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@ganyaramathan4264
Vous devriez d'abord savoir
Si de qui vous parlez comme-ça...
Donc selon vous si SHIRO était en vie, YOTO n'allait pas joué?!
NIOKA LONGO l'avait piqué chez KOFFI OLOMIDE , et ce n'était pas pour rien...
Il faut bien écouter l'album le PRISONIER QUI DORME et d'autres.
La chanson comme ENRIQUÉ,
KOFFI L'avait surnommé le nom d'un grand soliste Français DJANGOLENART,
SHIRO, BAROZA bref majorité des solistes de ZAIKO son des gr Maître, mais il y a aucun d'eux qui a formé et laissé un grand soliste comme élève aujourd'hui dans la musique congolaise...
Mais quand on vois FELLY TYSON DE BA FORME, du quartier latin aujourd'hui chez FALLY, il y a du plaisir Et énergie A Aplodir son maître.
YOTO DELTA FORCE, que JEAN GOUBALD A aprit la Rumba, et YOTO de son tour l'a aprit comment on joue le seben.
Écouter la chanson ÉLU de jean goubald.
@lesaintnariusdunda7450
S’il y’a 3 albums meilleurs de Zaïko, celui-ci est le premier pour moi, de A à Z, tout est 100% HYPER BON
@cauwenberghsroeland8607
Kamanzi, manzaka ebende, elima ngando, mosselebende, muvaro, antalia, kin kiesse, elo elo, kamangu, nandimi te nakotika te, Essesse, liwa ya moyibi, ...il n'y a que des meilleurs....
@sidneysidney467
Un album riche ba nzembo tout eza gout
@glotzu
Et quels seraient les deux autres meilleurs selon vous ?
@honorebonde9991
Étant Camerounais mais quel plaisir à écouter chanter Zaïko langa langa. On ne s'enlasse pas c'est du régale
@glotzu
C'est tellement bon, on peut écouter 200 fois la même chanson sans se lasser !
@yhafofotysonbwini9286
😭😭😭😭aaah Delta Force.. Hier jeudi 10.12.2020 on t'a enterré...
Que la gloire soit juste rendu à Dieu.
Le grand soliste....
Na leli... Rip
@sidneysidney467
Soucis fort
@mfumukongo9219
Les héros sont immortels.
@mwararik3688
Amazing style . Amazing guitarists. Amazing vocals. Amazing talents. Amazing music. Thank you Zaiko Langa Langa for your music 💎👏🏽❤️🇰🇪