Magazin is a Croatian pop band from Split.
Eugène Diomi Ndongala Nzomambu is a wealthy millionaire politician from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was parliamentary and vice-minister of Economy and Finances in the government of president Mobutu Sésé Seko.
The VL-1 was the first instrument of Casio's VL-Tone product line, and is sometimes referred to as the VL-Tone. It combined a calculator, a monophonic synthesizer, and sequencer. Released in June 1979, it was the first commercial digital synthesizer, selling for $69.95.
Bandalungwa is a municipality (commune) in the Funa district of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Antoine Gizenga was a Congolese (DRC) politician who was the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 30 December 2006 to 10 October 2008. He was the Secretary-General of the Unified Lumumbist Party.
Nanoro is a department or commune of Boulkiemdé Province in central Burkina Faso. As of 2005 it has a population of 33,511. Its capital lies at the town of Nanoro.
Kokolo is a town in the Nanoro Department of Boulkiemdé Province in central western Burkina Faso. It has a population of 1,337.
Joseph Damien Tshatshi, better known as Colonel Tshatshi, was a former member of the Armée Nationale Congolaise of Congo-Kinshasa in the 1960s. He was killed in Kisangani in 1966, allegedly by Colonel Ferdinand Tshimpola.
Kokolo, also known as the Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra, is an American Afrobeat band from the Lower East Side of New York City, formed in 2001 by songwriter/producer Ray Lugo.
Africa 100 is collection of afrobeat songs compiled by Pitchfork Media writer Joe Tangari in 2005. The origin of the collection, which Tangari put together on seven CDs for listening in the car, is explained in his 2010 article "The Indestructible Beat", which also recounts the history of afrobeat and includes a track-by-track analysis. Africa 100 has never been released commercially, but circulates as an illegal download.
Kariné Poghosyan is an Armenian pianist residing in New York City. She made her orchestral debut at the age of 14 playing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.1, and her solo Carnegie Hall debut at 23, and has since gone on to win numerous awards as well as perform in some of the world's most prestigious concert halls.
Record Kicks is an Italian Milan-based independent record label set up in 2003 by Nicolò Pozzoli and specialized in both new and vintage black sounds: deep funk, soul, northern soul, afrobeat, rocksteady, dancefloor jazz.
The 2016 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds were played from 12 February to 18 May 2016. A total of 59 teams competed in the qualifying rounds to decide the eight places in the group stage of the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup.
Justin Kokolo-Longo was a Congolese military officer who briefly served as deputy chief of staff of the Armée Nationale Congolaise.
The football tournament at the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie took place from 21 to 30 July in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The organization of the football competition has been considered to be a fiasco by some participating countries. The tournament was supposed to follow the FIFA tiebreaker rules. However, the organizing committee decided to change the rules in the midst of the competition in favour of Ivory Coast, thus eliminating Guinea from the group stage. Due to these changes, D.R. Congo also qualified for the semifinals instead of Quebec. Also in the semifinals, Mali delegation protested the referee's call of a frivolous penalty that won the game for the hosts Ivory Coast.
Ray Lugo is an American musician. Singing in English and Spanish, Lugo is internationally known for his prolific output and diverse solo work, as well as for leading the groups Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra, Ray Lugo & The Boogaloo Destroyers and other projects.
The 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification was a women's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations.
Williams Kokolo is a French professional footballer who plays for Darlington on loan from Sunderland, as a left back. He also plays on the left wing.
Ray Lugo & The Boogaloo Destroyers is an American music group from New York City, performing in the genre of 1960s Latin Soul and Boogaloo, the music style that meshed Afro-Cuban rhythms with American R&B stylings and emerged from New York's Spanish Harlem, serving as the precursor to Salsa music.
Manuel Indiano Azaustre was a Spanish politician murdered at the hands of ETA on August 29, 2000.
