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Tabu Ley’s fans to mark 12th anniversary of Rhumba maestro's death

Tabu Ley Rochereau

Congolese musician and cultural icon Tabu Ley Rochereau. 

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Tabu Ley is still remembered for some of his mega hit songs such as Mokolo Nakokufa, Kaful Mayay, Sorozo, Maze and Ibrahima. 
  • To the many of Tabu Ley’s fans, one of the greatest last releases of Afrisa International was the song Muzina, released in 1995.

It will be exactly 12 years on Sunday since legendary Congolese singer and composer Tabu Ley Rochereau literally tuned off forever in a Belgian hospital. The Rhumba maestro was arguably one of the greatest musicians to emerge from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

More than a decade after his death, Tabu Ley is still remembered for some of his mega hit songs such as Mokolo Nakokufa, Kaful Mayay, Sorozo, Maze and Ibrahima.