Testament Ya Bowule (Lutumba Simaro) - Franco & le T.P. O.K. Jazz 1986

[mmbandoun]

TheMOKAMANEDE

je suis tout a fait d'accord avec vous, j'etais pas encore née quand t'elle est sorti cette chanson mais j'ai entant des frissons que vous.

[TheMOKAMANEDE]

J'étais pas encore né quand on dansait sur cette chanson, mais quel frisson quand je l'entends,du pur son qui manque de nos jours.J'aurai aimé trop vivre cette époque,mais je suis content de mon temps aussi

[armie2010]

I can't retain myself from shedding tears when listening to this song. This song reminds me my mom and big brother who have passed away. I did not have a chance to go back home for their funerals.

[sdenge1]

Still enjoying it to date even though back then i was merely 10 years old

[bnkadio]

ni tamu kabisa we in kenya adore franco.we dont understand lingala dialect but the music is arranged and what else ni poa. keep the flame burning.

[carolina6217]

c,est la chanson dediee a ma soeur elle me manque malgre 26 ans passes ce n,est pas facile mais c,est la vie tu manques a toute la famille ,je cesserai jamais a ecouter cette chanson quelqun dit quel,est terrble mais pour nous de la famille est un plaisir elle nous rapelle gde soeur ,mere ,tante ,cousine

[rengwa]

truly one of the songs that defined franco?

[AboubacarSiddikh]

@rengwa You've got to be kidding!! Franco's guitar was the heart of O.K. Jazz. In this tune, he did not play a single note! Does that answer your question?

[tbwanat]

@PapaBahia, thanks so so so soooo much 4 the info. Could you kindly look at Aboubacar's posting of Franco's Jacquie(th song tht sent Franco 2 jail) n translate it plz. I'd b xtremely glad 2 hget th translation!

[AboubacarSiddikh]

@tbwanat You would have to point out I hid it in a reposting of Attention Na SIDA (because that song re-uses the music from Jacqui). But beware! Jacqui is of a highly pornographic nature and might be considered dusgusting by some.

[tbwanat]

@AboubacarSiddikh Lol, I saw ua challenge 2 th Lingala speakers 2 try thea hands at translating it. It's xctly 4 tht rzon tht I asked PapaBahia 2 do it. I know it's obscene in this part of th world bt I'd want 2 know how obscene th song is.

[hochwada]

@AboubacarSiddikh Some day these songs will have to be translated for in the metaphor lies the message and conversation.

[PapaBahia]

Bowule was a friend of Papa Lutumba. When she died, her sister asked Papa Simaro to write an ode to her. Simaro wrote a song in the person of the bereaved sister (sung by Malage Lugendo). In the song, the bereaved sister wrote about the last time she talked to her departed sister; how she was asked to cook a meal and when she returned with it, Bowule was dead. ...At the end Bowule is asked to greet the some dead people like Pajos muana Ndjili..Malage added his grandfatherPapa Ngobobo

[otiipiach72]

ONE MY BEST HITS BY THE LEGENDARY LE POET SIMARO, AND THE EVERGREEN TPOK JAZZ............... KITOKO

[boni1574]

un texte merveilleux

[BULASIO]

BANDEKO NA NGAI!! IS LUTUMBA SIMARO STILL ALIVE!??

BULASIO na BUGANDA

[orangekush3]

@BULASIO Yes lutumba is still alive, he in fact now playing songs with Mbilia Bel. cheers

[RighteousMuslim]

Who/what is Bowule?

[ndangwanana11]

@RighteousMuslim Bowule is a loved one who died. The song basically talks about the death of a loved one and how much that person (Bowule) will be missed and how she is irreplaceable.

[ndangwanana11]

Respond to this video...Death sucks but we all have to go through with it

[Nyathinyakatch]

love the song can someone please translate.

[pierrre23]

Ile grande muzic...le great song!! this was the real music man! thx God for Franco.... we remember you, we love you!!

[atulouis]

Il y a un grand prophète de Jéhovah Dieu qui a dit :Je m'en vais vers la voie de tout le monde,la mort .....Je m'en irai un jour,tu t'en iras un jour,il s'en ira un jour...nous nous en irons un jour,mais aujourd'hui c'est le jour de mon pére,de ma mére,mon frére,...et aussi de Bowule.

AH LA MORT,QUELLE ENNEMIE !!!!!

[nzoya]

master voice in conjunction with poetry. oh mama na ngai!

[FistonBonza]

Terrible cette chason

[mn1976100]

un monument incontournable de la music africaine si ses conseils etaient enttendu par la jeunesse du continent si ya un hommage a franco j aimerais savoir ou sais

[YERDAU69]

Grand hommage à mon tonton, je ne t'oublie là ou tu es....ah liwa!

[tchywallace]

trop trop trop chic sans commentaire.

TCHINA YAO

[chahenza]

YA Bowuleeeee

[Agalwanga]

Long Live The Poets of Africa! The combination of Le Grand Maitre Franco and Simaro was/is enough to make any sane african woman loose it!

[bumbleshanks]

Masterpiece! 

AboubacarSiddikh can you tell us who the guitarists are?

[nsumbu2]

thanks to simoro and franco i m very proud to be a congolais