Sam Mangwana

Samuel Domingos Mangwana (born 21 February 1945), known professionally as Sam Mangwana, is a Congolese-born singer, born to Angolan parents. He sings in Lingala, Kikongo, Bambara, Swahili, French, English, Portuguese, and Spanish. He was the frontman of his bands Festival des Maquisards and African All Stars. Mangwana was a member of François Luambo Makiadi's seminal band TPOK Jazz, and Tabu Ley Rochereau's bands African Fiesta, African Fiesta National and Afrisa International. Mangwana uses his music to address corruption and violence, and his popularity, often described as "Mangwana fever", has spread across the continent from West to East, through Central Africa, and into Southern Africa.

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