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Lokua Kanza

Lokua Kanza is a singer-songwriter who performs in French, Swahili, Lingala, Portuguese and English. Noted for songs that cause audiences to reflect rather than get up and dance, the artist draws on the musical heritage of his homeland known formerly as Zaire. Born in an eastern province of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kanza grew up in Kinshasa where he learned to play the guitar as he took part-time jobs to help support his family after his sailor father died at sea. He studied at the Kinshasa Music Conservatory and played and sang in local bar bands before he m...