| Toto Bona Lokua | ||||
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| Released | April 20, 2004 | |||
| Genre | Jazz, world music | |||
| Label | No Format! | |||
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Toto Bona Lokua is a studio album by French songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Gerald Toto,Cameroonian jazz musician Richard Bona,and Congolese singer-songwriter Lokua Kanza. It was released on April 20,2004 through No Format!. [2]
All tracks are written by Gerald Toto, Richard Bona and Lokua Kanza, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ghana Blues" | Gerald Glombard, Lokua Kanza, Richard Bona | 3:03 |
| 2. | "Kwalelo" | Gerald Glombard, Lokua Kanza, Richard Bona | 4:14 |
| 3. | "Lamuka" | 2:44 | |
| 4. | "L'endormie" | Gerald Toto | 2:36 |
| 5. | "Flutes" | 2:52 | |
| 6. | "The Front" | Richard Bona | 0:21 |
| 7. | "Na Ye" | 3:35 | |
| 8. | "Help Me" | 3:28 | |
| 9. | "Stesuff" | Lokua Kanza | 1:18 |
| 10. | "Where I Came From" | 3:31 | |
| 11. | "Seven Beats" | 1:42 | |
| 12. | "Lisanga" | 6:48 |
| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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| US Top World Albums ( Billboard ) [3] | 6 |
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