Nairobi — Congolese Soukous music star Aurlus Mabélé, who was synonymous with the name of his group, Loketo, is dead. The Paris-based singer, band leader and flamboyant dancer, who has been ailing for ...

Versatile and stylish Congolese musician Aurellen Miatsonama Aurlus Mabele was planning a return to the stage when cancer attacked and finally silenced him, bringing an illustrious career spanning ...

Nairobi — Paris-based Congolese guitarist Dally Ndala Kimoko, who rose to prominence during stints with Soukous and Loketo Band in the late 1980s and early 1990s, remains one of the most refined ...

Lokassa and the Soukous Stars. That is what the name of the group would have been. It was a textbook; Franco and TP OK Jazz, Tabu Ley and Afrisa Internationale, Verckys and Veve, Aurlus Mabele and ...