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Bill Clinton Kalonji | |
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Birth name | Didier Kalonji |
Born | (1979-07-04) July 4, 1979 (age 45) |
Origin | Ngiri-Ngiri, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Genres | Soukous- Congolese rumba-Afrobeats |
Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
Instrument | Vocals |
Past members | Wenge Musica Maison Mère, Les Marquis De Maison Mere |
Didier Kalonji Mukeba (born July 4, 1979), Known professionally by his stage name as Bill Clinton and Monseigneur or Macintosh is a Congolese singer-songwriter dancer and animator. he was a member of Wenge Musica Maison Mere orchestra by Werrason from 1997 to 2004. The name "Kalonji", as in Albert Kalonji, is a name traditionally associated with leaders of the Luba people.
Career
Bill Clinton decided to leave his first the group, Wenge Music Maison Mere, in 2004 and start his own career. In 2004 he, Ferré Gola and J.D.T Mulopwe created a new group called Les Marquis or Les Marquis de Maison Mere and later left to create Marquis de Samourais. The group released several albums but later broke up.
In 2006-2007 "Clinton" was among a number of African musicians threatened with legal action for breach of contract by a music producer based in Paris; no action was taken against him. Having begun his career as an atalaku, he was one of few to successfully make the transition to bandleader.
Discography
Studio albums
2011: Palpitation totale
2013: Tshikimbwa 2 (Opération Obama)
2015: Kulumbimbi
2015: Pression
2015: Fuku Shima (Le roi pharaon)
Singles
2012: Excès D'Amour
2012: Mukusa Mukongo
2012: Mukuwa Makoso
2012: Love Moi
2012: Kulumbimbi
2012: Condition
2012: Congo Vas Changer
2012: Kasonda
2013: Koli Villa
2013: Hi Brenda
2013: Kaylie
2013: Amède Ngassaki
2013: Sagess
2013: Vanité Des Vanités
External links
References
- Afric, Culture (2018). "Personnes". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2019-08-08.
- Camero (2017). "Bill Clinton Kalonji : Le meilleur de l'Atalaku". Cameroonvoice. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
- Frank, Bessem (August 2001). "Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique / D.R. Congo : Werrason & Wenge Musica Maison Mère". Musiques-Afrique. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
- Andrea Hollington (15 August 2015). Traveling Conceptualizations: A cognitive and anthropological linguistic study of Jamaican. John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 195. ISBN 978-90-272-6840-2.
- Walter, Badibanga (June 4, 2014). "Bill Clinton". Music In Africa. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
- Teamwork, Congo (November 20, 2017). "Clip Bill Clinton Kalonji " Boss IBRA " – TeamWork Congo". Retrieved 2019-08-08.
- Joe Trapido (1 December 2016). Breaking Rocks: Music, Ideology and Economic Collapse, from Paris to Kinshasa. Berghahn Books. p. 250. ISBN 978-1-78533-399-6.
- Bob W. White (27 June 2008). Rumba Rules: The Politics of Dance Music in Mobutu's Zaire. Duke University Press. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-8223-4112-3.
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