Tabu Ley Rochereau, a giant in the rarified world of Congolese rumba, has, in the words of Hamlet, shuffled off this mortal coil. He was 73. Born 1940 in Banningville, a small village in the western ...

Tabu Ley Rochereau, who has died aged 73, was a Congolese singer, band leader and sometime politician, and became a respected figure throughout Africa as one of the creators of the great pan-African ...

African superstar and king of Congolese rumba Tabu Ley Rochereau died on Saturday aged 76 in a hospital in Belgium, his family said. Tributes poured in for the singer-songwriter whose melodies touched ...

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Congolese superstar musician and songwriter Tabu Ley Rochereau, whose electrifying performances fused African and Latin rhythms into an irresistible blend, was greatly responsible in the 1970s for ...

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Tabu Ley Rochereau, who died 30 November, was commemorated this week at a state funeral in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Thousands gathered at the parliament in the capital, Kinshasa, to pay ...

Thousands of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have attended the state funeral of rumba star Tabu Ley Rochereau in the capital, Kinshasa. The day has been declared a national holiday and the ...

The Congolese songwriter, singer and bandleader Tabu Ley Rochereau, who has died aged 76, was one of Africa's most popular entertainers – his work had an appeal that crossed ethnic, linguistic and ...

State funeral planned in Kinshasha for Tabu Ley, much-loved Congolese singer-songwriter African superstar and king of Congolese rumba Tabu Ley Rochereau died on Saturday aged 76 in a hospital in ...