Franco TPOK - Mawe

[Bockarie04]

The only person you can compare fraco to is himself but no one else.

[tomaluta]

rahndi 2x te. jesus dela music congolaise

[slimblackmeleji]

these music make sick i m sereious HOME SICK they touch me great... music

[chahenza]

he is the undisputed colossus of African music...a generation born after his death do also appreciate his Music

[komputaman]

i gotta watch this everyday

[komputaman]

maybe the greatest musician ever!

[parafifix]

i cannot belive it !!this is the first time i have heard this!!how many others have i let slip under the net???true genius

[mkwalla]

he is still the king of lingala untill now coz nobody will reach these point no even werrason and jb mpiana ochilla usa atlanta

[Thequeenofkush]

Yossouf n'dour cannot be in the same category with these legends, he needs to go and change his nappies first, learn to grow up too, these are the best legends of Africa, there will never be one like that in a long time, but may God give us another one to even try to fit in their shoes

[KALLEROGERS]

Mawe......Oh Mother!! Franco singing against Tribal marriages( Arrange marriages) speaking against Tribalism ( Most Africans understand what it is).

[oyooe]

I also attended his live performance in Kisumu, Kenya when I was a very small kid in class 8. Mawe is a composition of Ndombe.

[surfmama1]

Only one comment: respect!

I have had the privilege to meet him in Kinshasa. Lucky me.

[oyooe]

Dancers led by Yondo Nyota were great too, nothing provocative

[muvua07]

indeed "congo colossus" -it will take very looong -to fill his shoes

[rahndi]

Mangwana said it best "Franco was unique. Like Shakespeare, or Mozart, combined with Pele or Muhammad Ali. He was irreplaceable. The sort of man who appears maybe once every 100 years." Comparison to anyone else in musical history is inadequate and inacurate.

[kindu2006]

to be honest, i couldn't agree more. this man is a genius, and then idiots who know NOTHING about african music go and name (and with all due respect to him) Yusuf N'dour as the greatest african musician of the 20th Century.... lol...laughable!!!!

[Msbea345]

am ma at you for deleting your page

[smilezspreader]

kindu2006 don't you know its deliberate, so that others are shielded from hearing from the real giants. Nothing against Yusuf but he knows also that Franco deserves it better than him a MILLION TIMES.

[MrSinafungu]

@rahndi itis true what you said kaka,

[rahndi]

@MrSinafungu I remember hearing my first Franco recording. At the time a very difficult before the internet marketplace. I have acquired ALL Franco TPOK recordings. High poetry and popular music - Quite a feat and deserving of a posthumous Nobel Prize. The tragedy of Bavon Marie Marie's death devastated Franco. He obviously felt a sense of responsibility. He was a vulnerable human at the same time a sorcerer of the guitar. A great poet (along with member-composers under Lumabo's leadership).