Bill Clinton Kalonji

Didier Kalonji Mukeba (born July 4, 1979), Known professionally by his stage name as Bill Clinton and Monseigneur or Macintosh[1][2] is a Congolese singer-songwriter dancer and animator. he was a member of Wenge Musica Maison Mere[3] orchestra by Werrason from 1997 to 2004. The name "Kalonji", as in Albert Kalonji, is a name traditionally associated with leaders of the Luba people.[4]

Bill Clinton Kalonji
Birth nameDidier Kalonji
Born (1979-07-04) July 4, 1979
OriginNgiri-Ngiri, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
GenresSoukous- Congolese rumba-Afrobeats
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals
Past membersWenge Musica Maison Mère, Les Marquis De Maison Mere

Career

Bill Clinton decided to leave his first the group, Wenge Music Maison Mere, in 2004[5] and start his own career. In 2004 he, Ferré Gola and J.D.T Mulopwe created a new group called Les Marquis or Les Marquis de Maison Mere and later left to create Marquis de Samourais. The group released several albums[6] but later broke up.

In 2006-2007 "Clinton" was among a number of African musicians threatened with legal action for breach of contract by a music producer based in Paris; no action was taken against him.[7] Having begun his career as an atalaku, he was one of few to successfully make the transition to bandleader.[8]

Discography

Studio albums

2011: Palpitation totale

2013: Tshikimbwa 2 (Opération Obama)

2015: Kulumbimbi

2015: Pression

2015: Fuku Shima (Le roi pharaon)

Singles

2012: Excès D'Amour

2012: Mukusa Mukongo

2012: Mukuwa Makoso

2012: Love Moi

2012: Kulumbimbi

2012: Condition

2012: Congo Vas Changer

2012: Kasonda

2013: Koli Villa

2013: Hi Brenda

2013: Kaylie

2013: Amède Ngassaki

2013: Sagess

2013: Vanité Des Vanités

References
  1. Afric, Culture (2018). "Personnes". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2019-08-08.
  2. Camero (2017). "Bill Clinton Kalonji : Le meilleur de l'Atalaku". Cameroonvoice. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
  3. Frank, Bessem (August 2001). "Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique / D.R. Congo : Werrason & Wenge Musica Maison Mère". Musiques-Afrique. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
  4. Andrea Hollington (15 August 2015). Traveling Conceptualizations: A cognitive and anthropological linguistic study of Jamaican. John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 195. ISBN 978-90-272-6840-2.
  5. Walter, Badibanga (June 4, 2014). "Bill Clinton". Music In Africa. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
  6. Teamwork, Congo (November 20, 2017). "Clip Bill Clinton Kalonji " Boss IBRA " – TeamWork Congo". Retrieved 2019-08-08.
  7. Joe Trapido (1 December 2016). Breaking Rocks: Music, Ideology and Economic Collapse, from Paris to Kinshasa. Berghahn Books. p. 250. ISBN 978-1-78533-399-6.
  8. Bob W. White (27 June 2008). Rumba Rules: The Politics of Dance Music in Mobutu’s Zaire. Duke University Press. p. 290. ISBN 0-8223-4112-3.


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