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Soukous is mostly about love--the Lingala word motema, meaning "heart," is laced throughout the lyrics--but it often veers into politics and the importance of daily events. They combine images that are accessible to a wide audience with narrative prose written largely in Lingala and colloquial French. Atop this pyramid of thieves perched the dictator Joseph Desire Mobutu, or rather--to use the "traditional" name he gave himself after clawing his way to power in 1965--Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga, which I was told was Lingala for "the cock who never leaves the hen alone. |
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