He has been on the music scene for over forty years and made more than a dozen albums. The musician Samba Mapangala was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo but became an established name across ...

Samba Mapangala learned about the band from his de facto manager, CC Smith, a longtime radio DJ and former editor of the defunct world-music and reggae magazine The Beat. Smith, who’s been working ...

Nairobi — US-based Congolese musician, once based in Kenya with his Orchestre Virunga band. He is mostly remembered here for hits like Malako, Vunja Mifupa and Dunia Tunapita. Mapangala was recently ...

Legendary musician Samba Mapangala is planning a comeback to the music world with a new album. Mapangala, based in the US, is famous for the Vunja Mifupa hit song. For many years, Samba lived in ...