Lokua Kanza - Nkolo -2010- [best]

The album spans 12 tracks, weaving seamlessly through three languages: Lingala, Portuguese, and French.

Did “Nkolo” top the charts in Kinshasa? Likely not in the way that Fally Ipupa or Ferre Gola did. However, its influence is found in the spaces between the notes. Lokua Kanza - Nkolo -2010-

Lokua Kanza’s guitar playing on this track is unique. A self-taught musician, he does not play guitare sévère (lead guitar) in the traditional Congolese sense. He plays in a style that blends the folk fingerpicking of Paul Simon with the rhythmic cycles of Central African Loketo . The album spans 12 tracks, weaving seamlessly through