The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Pascal-Emmanuel Tabu, best known by his stage name Tabu Ley Rochereau (13 November 1940 – 30 November 2013), was a prominent African rumba musician. He was the founder of Orchestre Afrisa International and a vocalist and songwriter who had a significant impact on Africa. Together with the musician Dr. Nico Kasanda, Tabu Ley invented the soukous (African rumba), mixing elements of Congolese folk music with Cuban, Caribbean, and Latin American rumba. He also popularized his music internationally. According to one description, he was “the Congolese personality who, with Mobutu, shaped Africa’s history in the 20th century.
What is Tabu Ley Rochereau husband Georgette Mowana?
The first wife of well-known Congolese musician Tabu was Georgette Mowana, also referred to as Tété. At the Saint-Luc hospital in Brussels, Belgium, where he was receiving treatment for a stroke he had had in 2008, Tabu Ley Rochereau passed away on November 30, 2013, at the age of 73. After receiving a formal wake at the Palais du Peuple, he was laid to rest on December 9 in Kinshasa’s Acropolic de la N’sele Cemetery.
