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Lukoki (Luambo Makiadi) - Franco (december 1988)

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Uploaded by on Oct 12, 2008

Today is the 19th anniversary of Franco's passing. On Thursday, October 12th, 1989, he died in a hospital in Belgium.

This is his final masterpiece, recorded in Brussels during the days before christmas, 1988.

He sings in his mother tongue, Kikongo.

Rhythm guitars: Franco & Dizzy Mandjeku, solo guitar: Franco, voices: Franco, bass: Mpudi Decca, percussion: Bosuma Dessoin, drums: unknown.

The pictures were taken in Amsterdam, January 18th, 1989.

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http://wrldsrv.blogspot.com/2008/10/last-track.html

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  • @Ogomkenee no problems, when you don't speak a language the words will come out the way you thing they are said ( in this case in your own language) and it was the same with Michael Jackson's songs when I couldn't speak or understand English..so I can relate to that.

  • @miele101

    Yah. Those were moments of good life. greetings and thanks for the remark

  • @Ogomkenee ahahahahah that is so funny...nice

  • Tata Nzambi...!DML

  • My friends from LIRA in Lango (northern Uganda) used to laugh their heads off whenever we enjoyed this piece - LUKOKI. Some words, in our ears, sounded like ITELO I KUM AMUT. That in Lango means "you get an erection because of your sister-in-law".

  • Franco he's saying that when you go don't look back just go ahead

    He sang many songs in Kikongo he's mother tounge he loved so much

    Thank you for posting, keep up

  • what a great masterpiece by Franco

  • True ...kuenda...( is to go) in Kiswahili..gone to space /time and the universe....Franco's melodys are captured in space and time. ..his music will be alive for a long time. ..nothing gets lost in space and time.. FRANCO is no more but his music is alive...VIVA AFRICA!

  • Reminds me of home!!!!!!!!!Nairobi....Zubeda in US...Love the lyrics!

  • the lyric and melody seem to have a sorrowful pitch....it sounds like his requiem...kuenda in Swahili (which like kikongo is bantu) ''is to go''...so did he envisage that his end is nigh? Sad but Great piece... anyway everybody will eventually exist the stage to pave way for new blood.... its is nature

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