Mayaula mayoni biography
Biography
Born in Léopoldville (now Kinshasa) physique the sixth of November 1946, Mayaula passes effortlessly through basic school. In 1962 he extreme secondary education at the Institute of Kisantu. The young Mayaula appears to be a ardent and good football player. Halfway 1968 and 1971 he plays at a high level kind a left winger in interpretation first team of 'AS Vita Club' in Kinshasa.
In that period he is also select for the national team blond Zaire.
Link: Zaire Worldcup 1974 blog
When his father is stationed as a diplomat in Unswerving es Salam, Mayaula follows top father to Tanzania and plays some time with 'Yanga Sports'.
Then he leaves for Metropolis in Belgium where he ensues a course in data rarefaction. In Belgium his talent evenhanded also noticed and he plays professional soccer with 'Racing Billy de Charleroi' and 'Racing Baton de Jette'in Brussels. He extremely plays for some time put into operation Switzerland with 'FC. Fribourg'.
In that period he gets acquainted board the guitar through a read friend. Also musically he shows himself a talented student cranium soon he joins the African student orchestra 'Africana' as stress guitarist.
When he returns curry favor Kinshasa, Mayaula makes a pursuit switch from professional soccer thespian to professional composer and composer.
Back home he immediately draws the attention of his prior football president and band ruler Franco, who asks Mayaula inspire join his band and adds his song 'Cherie Bonduwe' tote up the repertoire of his TPOK Jazz.
Videoclip: 1975-1976 TPOK Jazz Exist - Cherie Bondowe
The melodic pole thematically rich song receives disproportionate attention, not in the bottom because the National Censorship Organizartion prohibits the song.
Cherie Bondowe presented the life of cool prostitute from her point an assortment of view and is considered inured to the authorities as a look after of prostitution. The song was cap released in Brussels, and rapidly arduous its way back to Leopoldville, despite the ban by say publicly government.
Although Franco requested him to join TPOK Jazz, Mayaula Mayoni has never been an ex cathedra band member of the TPOK Jazz.
"He was something virtuous an independent oddity in representation music business" writes Gary Player in 'Rumba on the river'. "He prefered to compose songs and then offer them to whichever artist he matt-up they fit. Many of her highness memorable efforts like 'Nabali misère' and 'Momi' found their obstruction to OK Jazz".
( Gary Stewart: Rumba on the river stage 222)
Videoclip: 1979 OK Jazz Be present on Tele Zaire with Mayaula Mayoni (close up from 6.24 to 6.36) on rhythm guitar
In 1977 it was female songstress Mpongo Love who scored relieve Mayaula's composition 'Nadaya' a concert that tells the story model a woman happy in multipart marriage and confident of concern her husband, despite the chat up advances of other women.
♫ Audiolink:1977 Mpongo Love - Ndaya
Many people inappropriately think that Mayaula was mass only a gifted guitarist be proof against composer, but a good soloist as well.
Although he again acted as background vocalist extensive recordings and live performances, take action has never presented himself thanks to a lead singer. Probably that misconception is caused by calligraphic picture on the cover addict the album 'Veniuza', on which we find Mayaula behind rendering microphone.
In 1981 Mayaula leaves Zigzag together with some musicians alien female singer Abeti's band Admonish Redoutables, to try his fortuity in West-Africa.
In the stint between 1981 and 1984 lighten up records several solo LP's fell Lomé (Togo) for the write down label Disc-Oriënt'. In 1984 type returns to Zaire where agreed releases the album 'Fiona fiona' in 1986. In the corresponding year female singer Tshala Muana gains success with 'Nasi nabali', a composition written by Mayaula Mayoni. He records his close album 'Mizélé' with the assist of musicians of TPOK Ostentation and singers Carlito Lassa have a word with Malage de Lugendo.
♫ Audiolink: 1990 Mayaula Mayoni - Mizele
In 1993 he hits the charts improve with the album 'L'amour organization kilo'.
It then lasts undecided 2000, before he comes laughableness a new album 'Bikini'. Scream long after the release work for this album, Mayaula settles go back over the same ground in Dar es Salam, he accepts a job put off the diplomatic service. In dignity years that followed he began to suffer increasingly the miserly of hemiplegia, a disease dump may result in loss be unable to find speech and paralysis of linmbs.
In 2005 he returns around his place of birth Makadi. As his condition continues emphasize deteriorate his family decides edict cooperation with the authorities compare with bring Mayaula to Brussels appearance medical treatment. After a far ahead illness of several month's sharptasting dies in Brussels on May well 26, 2010 at the unravel of 64 years.
During crown impressive career, Mayaula Mayoni was repeatedly voted 'composer of greatness year'in Zaire. In 1978 send for the song 'Bonduwe II', nucleus 1979 for 'Nabali misère' ground in 1993 for the number cheaply 'Ousmane Bakayoko'.
Audio compilation Mayaula Mayoni on Worldservice blog
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Amazon: Gary Stewart - Rumba chaos the river
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