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Michel Boyibanda (22 February 1940 – 9 October 2024) was a Congolese soukous recording artist, composer, and vocalist. He was once a member of the Congolese Rumba band TPOK Jazz, led by François Luambo Makiadi, which dominated the Congolese music scene from the 1950s through the 1980s.
Biography
Boyibanda was born on 22 February 1940 in Mokouangou, in the Republic of the Congo. He was a member of the Negro Band in Brazzaville, before he crossed the Congo River in 1964 to join the TPOK Jazz band in Leopoldville (now Kinshasa) in neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo. He is also reported to have performed with other groups including Les Trios Freres, Rumbaya and Cercul Jazz.
Illness and death
In 2015 he suffered the first of three Cardio Vascular Accidents (CVAs), commonly called "strokes". His health went downhill from there. Following the third stroke, he was admitted to the Brazaville University Hospital. Boyibanda died there on 9 October 2024, at the age of 84.
Partial discography
Ata Na Yebi (1966)
Samba Toko Samba (1966)
Andu Wa Andura (1971)
Ba Soucis Na Week-End (1971)
Osaboté Ngai Jean-Jean (1971)
Zando Ya Tipo-Tipo (1974)
Nzete Esololaka Na Moto Te (1975)
See also
Franco Luambo Makiadi
Sam Mangwana
Josky Kiambukuta
Simaro Lutumba
Ndombe Opetum
Youlou Mabiala
Mose Fan Fan
Wuta Mayi
TPOK Jazz
List of African musicians
References
External links
Overview of Composition of TPOK Jazz
Michel Boyibanda discography at Discogs
Michel Boyibanda Was A Member of TPOK Jazz In The 1960s, 1970s and 1980s
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- List of Democratic Republic of the Congo musicians
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