L’immortel - The 60’s Rumba revolution in Congo - Franklin Boukaka 3-CD
After he was coldly murdered in 1972 at the age of 31, the immense artist Franklin Boukaka was very unjustly forgotten. He pioneered popular music in the Congo as the high priest of the rumba, and during the sixties the talents of this great singer/political activist made him a shooting star that lit up the skies in Brazzaville. Frémeaux & Associés is proud to present this first official reissue of his work in a retrospective produced by Claude Blanchard Ngokudi of 2 Rives Productions (Tabu Ley Rochereau, Les Bantous de la Capitale, Zao…). From the album that was his testament – produced by Manu Dibango – to his beginnings with the group Cercul-Jazz, this retrospective brings Franklin Boukaka back to the forefront: one of the greatest musicians to come from the Congo, and the great voice of Pan-Africanism and decolonization.
CD 1:
1. Le Bucheron
2. Nakoka
3. Likambo Oyo
4. Bomoto
5. Ata Ozali
6. Etumba
7. Pont Sur Le Congo
8. Luzolo
9. Mwanga
10. Dia Bikola
11. Bibi
12. Les Immortels
13. Ya M`Bambi
14. Unité Africaine
15. Na Congo To Salakala
16. Canaillon
17. Na Welate
18. Succes Cercul
19. Julienne
CD 2:
1. Les Brazzavilloises
2. Pasi Na Komona
3. Yambi Na Bana Poto
4. Ba Yembi Ba Congo
5. Couple Ya Bolingo
6. Kue Tu Kuenda
7. Rendez-vous à Bamako
8. M Bongi Eyi
9. M Bongo Malembe Malembe
10. Les Ecoliers
11. Moundounga
12. Awana Divorce Na Bana
13. Gumbana Gumbana
14. Munu Ngiedi
15. Kitoko Mingi
16. Bayoki Ba Yoka
17. Nitouani Yam Bi
18. Bonbon Chocolate
19. Mariana
20. Loufoua Tolo
CD 3:
1. Honole
2. Mobali Ya Craneur
3. Bibi
4. Si Tu Me Quieres
5. Ma Lumpangu
6. Cercul Interafricain
7. O Nongone Mba Mulema
8. Na Ye Na Lisano
9. Adelina
10. Vero Na Tika Lise Mi Kuawa
11. Pont Sur Le Congo
12. Eyaki Ngai Na Bea
13. Tobomguisa Avenir
14. Ata-Ndele Na Ko Doundua
15. Bo Ndumba Ya Brazza
16. Longwa Na Nzela
17. Yanga
18. Boloingo Na Fatouma
19. Libala Ya Makasi