{"id":14847,"date":"2023-03-15T14:42:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T14:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=14847"},"modified":"2023-03-15T14:46:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T14:46:07","slug":"lokassa-ya-mbongo-is-dead-soukous-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=14847","title":{"rendered":"LOKASSA YA MBONGO IS DEAD (SOUKOUS STARS )"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Famed Congolese rhythm guitarist Lokassa Kasia Dennis alias Ya M\u2019Bongo has died at the age of 76 after a long illness<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"574\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1678891063331.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1678891063331.jpg 574w, https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1678891063331-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>Lokassa is dead.<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He was known to hordes of his fans &#8216;Lokassa ya Dollar&#8217; (mbongo is the Lingala word for money).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congolese guitarist, Ngouma Lokito, who lives in New York, confirmed that Lokassa had been off stage for some time due to illness<br>Late last year, the soft-spoken Lokassa, known for his mega hits such as Monica and Marie Jose, toured Colombia, a country known of its love for Congolese rumba music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the US, Lokassa has, however, not been active, only occasionally performing with some of his fellow veteran Congolese stars.<br>Back home in DRC, Lokassa is reputed for his stints with Tabu Ley&#8217;s Afrisa International from 1969 to 1978. It was during this time that he played alongside other renowned guitarists like Michelino and Dino Vangu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the mid 1970s, it was the Cote d&#8217;Ivoire-based compatriot Vata Mombasa of Orch Lipua Lipua who excelled as the top rhythm guitarist.<br>Lokassa&#8217;s real breakthrough came in 1989 when he joined the other stars in Paris to form Soukous Stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The band&#8217;s debut album Megamix Vol 1 featured the hit song, Nairobi Nights-Lagos Nights. Those who took part in recording the album include singers Shimita El Diego, Zitany Neil, Ballou Canta and Dally Kimoko.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rest in peace Lokassa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Famed Congolese rhythm guitarist Lokassa Kasia Dennis alias Ya M\u2019Bongo has died at the age of 76 after a long illness Lokassa is dead. He was known to hordes of his fans &#8216;Lokassa ya Dollar&#8217; (mbongo is the Lingala word for money). Congolese guitarist, Ngouma Lokito, who lives in New York, confirmed that Lokassa had &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":14852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14847"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14851,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14847\/revisions\/14851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}