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Welcome. Kizomba is my life passion and sharing the music, dance and culture are my joy.

Music Culture Wednesday Vol. 14

March 29, 2017

M’bilia Bel (born 1959) is a Rumba/World Music singer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She is known as the “Queen of Congolese and African Rumba”. She rose to fame after being discovered first by Sam Manguana and later by Tabu Ley Rochereau who really helped her to gain confidence, fully control her powerful soprano-voice and to reach to the summit of one of the best Congolese female singers.
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Music Culture Wednesday Vol. 13

March 1, 2017

Sam Fan Thomas (born 1952, Bafoussam) is a Cameroonian musician associated with Makossa. He began in the late 1960s and had his first hit with “Rikiatou”. His African Typic Collection was an international hit in 1984 and is perhaps his best known album. … More Music Culture Wednesday Vol. 13

Music Culture Wednesdays Vol. 12

February 22, 2017

For many the mother of Afro-house, Brenda Nokuzola Fassie (3 November 1964 – 9 May 2004) was a South African anti-apartheid Afro-pop singer. … More Music Culture Wednesdays Vol. 12

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Eddy Vents & his dance partner Lucia Nogueira dancing kizomba at the Miami Beach Kizomba Festival in August 2016.