In a career spanning half a century, Tabu Ley Rochereau did as much as, or more than, any other musician to popularise rumba Congolaise ("Congolese rumba"), expanding its format and stylistic palette ...

He is widely known for his invention of ‘soukous’, but his contribution to Africa’s first technological revolution – analogue music – was more transformational, writes Prof Calestous Juma The passing ...

The undisputed King of Soukous, Congolese musician Tabu Ley Rochereau, died of stroke on November 30, 2013 in Belgium at the age of 73. He was a prolific songwriter and one of Africa's leading ...

Two giants of African popular music passed away recently: Congolese bandleader and singer Tabu Ley Rochereau and legendary producer Ibrahima Sylla. Both of these musical icons helped to popularise ...

One of Africa's biggest hitmakers, Tabu Ley Rochereau, a star with a honeyed voice who went on to become one of the continent's most successful music impresarios, died Saturday. He never truly ...

The Congolese songwriter, singer and bandleader Tabu Ley Rochereau, who has died aged 76, was one of Africa's most popular entertainers – his work had an appeal that crossed ethnic, linguistic and ...

NEW YORK — Tabu Ley Rochereau, a Congolese singer and songwriter whose music spread across Africa and the world, died Nov. 30 in Brussels. Mr. Tabu, who was 73 or 76 — sources differ — had never fully ...

Tabu Ley Rochereau is a household name for everyone and anyone who loved music, especially rhumba. Born Pascal-Emmnuael Sinamoyi Tabu in Bagata, Congo Kinshasa (now DRC), he was not only a prolific ...