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Born François Luambo Makiadi on July 6, 1938, in Sona-Bata, Belgian Congo; died on October 12, 1989, in Brussels, Belgium; son of Joseph Emongo (a railroad worker) and his wife (a breadmaker).
When Franco, known as "the sorcerer" or "the godfather," died in 1989 at the age of 51, his legacy was secure as a pivotal figure in the evolution of soukous, the sound developed in the Belgian Congo (later Zaire, now Democratic Republic of the Congo) from Afro-Cuban music (also called Congo rumba or, simply, Congo music).
Luambo makiadi franco biography of michael jackson
His popularity, as the Rough Guide reports, "transcended the boundaries of language, class, nationality and tribal affiliation. His music was as hugely popular in anglophone Africa as in the French-speaking countries." During a nearly 40-year career, Franco released more than 150 albums and composed close to 1,000 songs.
His vast repertoire was not only a social commentary on Congo's liberation and the long Mobutu dictatorship, but also a celebration of the o