ụdịekere | nwoke ![]() |
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mba o sị | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo ![]() |
aha enyere | Samba ![]() |
Ebe ọmụmụ | Matadi ![]() |
ọrụ ọ na-arụ | onye egwu ![]() |
Onye òtù nke | Orchestra Virunga ![]() |
Samba Mapangala bụ onye na-agụ egwú na onye ndu egwu nke Congo nke bi na Kenya maka ọtụtụ n'ime ọrụ egwu ya nke afọ iri ise ya, a kachasị mara ya ebe ahụ n'ihi mmepụta na nduga Virunga, nke bụ otu n'ime ndị egwu kachasị ewu ewu n'Ebe Ọwụwa Anyanwụ Afrịka, ihe karịrị afọ iri atọ na ise (35).
A mụrụ ya na Matadi nke dị ugbu a na Democratic Republic of Congo . Ọ kwagara Kinshasa, ebe ọ gụsịrị ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị, na mmalite afọ 1970 (ma ọ bụ n'afọ 1977 dị ka otu isi iyi si kwuo, mana afọ ahụ nwetara mgbaghari site n'otu isi mmalite na ndị ọzọ).[1][2] Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ, ọ bụ onye otu egwu ọtụtụ ndị otu Kinshasa n'afọ 1970: ya na Super Tukina bụrụ abụ bụ onye dekọrọ egwu mbụ ya, "Satonge", mgbe ahụ, ọ sonyeere Super Bella Bella n'akụkụ Jean Bosco na Mongoley, onye na-akpọ ụbọ egwu nke Orchestre Lipua Lipua, ya na Bariza na Saka Saka na-akpọrịta egwu.[2][1]
Mapangala kwagara Uganda n'afọ 1975 ebe ya na ụfọdụ ndị egwu Congo ndị ọzọ guzobere otu egwu Les Kinois. Ha kwagara Nairobi n'afọ 1977. O guzobere otu egwu ọhụrụ, Orchestra Virunga, n'afọ 1981. A na-akpọ otú egwu ahụ aha ugwu mgbawa Virunga nke dị na Congo.
Orchestra Virunga wepụtara abọm mbụ ha, It's Disco Time na Samba Mapangala n'afọ 1982. Ná mmalite afọ ndị 1990 ndị otu ahụ nwetara ụfọdụ iwu ewu na mba ụwa site na ntọhapụ abọm dị ka "Virunga Volcano" na "Feet on Fire".
Ọ gara n'ihu na-edekọ, ọ ka bụkwa otu n'ime ndị na-agụ egwú na East Africa. Ọ bi na United States ugbu a. Mapangala malitere ịrụ ọrụ na Occidental Brothers Dance Band International n'oge mgbụsị akwụkwọ nke afọ 2009.[3]
A na-ewere Mapangala dị ka otu n'ime oge ọlaedo nke egwu Lingala nke Kenya n'akụkụ Les Mangelepa, Baba Gaston na Super Mazembe.
N'afọ 2004 Tanzania Music Awards a họpụtara abọm ya Ujumbe na ụdị kacha mma nke African Album.[4]