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Adapted From DrSakis.fr: Dr Sakis whose real name is Nsakala Emmanuel is a musician from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He is composer, singer, dancer and producer.

His interest in music started at the age of twelve. At sixteen, he created a musical comedy group which he called “Les Unis.” A Few years later he created the group “The Dynamic System.”

In 1985 he produced his first Album “Majenine,” followed by “Soukous Abidjan” in 1992

The album “Cyclone,” arrived in 1993.

Dr. Sakis’ music is a fusion of Congolese Soukous and Zouk. Zouk is a style of rhythmic music originating from the islands of Guadeloupe, Martinique, Haiti, Dominica. Zouk means “party” or “festival” in the local creole of French with English influences. In Africa, it is popular in Francophone(French-speaking) and Lusophone(Portuguese-speaking). In Europe Dr. Sakis’ music is particularly popular in France, and in North America, the Canadian province of Quebec.

Soukous (also known as Lingala or Congo, and previously as African Rumba) is a musical genre that originated in the two neighboring countries of Belgian Congo and French Congo during the 1930s and early 1940s, and which very popular throughout Africa. “Soukous” (said to be a derivative of the French word secouer(to shake)) was originally the name of a dance popular in the Congos in the late 1960s, and danced to an African version of Rumba. Although the genre was initially known as Rumba (sometimes termed specifically as African Rumba), the term “Soukous” has come to refer to African Rumba and its subsequent developments.

Soukous is called Congo music in West Africa, and Lingala in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania – referring to the Lingala language of the region from where it originated. In the 1980s and early 1990s, a fast-paced style of Soukous known as Kwassa Kwassa – named after a dance style, was popular….later supplanted by a style called Ndombolo, also named after a dance style.

Below, is a song from one of his newer videos “Peace and Love:”

Dr. Sakis “Live!”

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‘Vas Y Doucement’ — By Dr Sakis!

‘Feti na Feti’ – By Dany Engobo

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African villagers performing their own version of James Brown’s hit: “Sex Machine.” — What a pleasant surprise!

The set — probably, a village in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), judging by the language(s) used in the Singing: Kiswahili, Lingala [A "Lingua Franca" in the DRC], and of course “mangled” English.

James Brown’s influence stretches far and wide — He has been described as: “The Hardest-Working Man in Show Business,” “Soul Brother Number One,” “the Godfather of Soul,” and “the Minister of New New Super Heavy Funk.” James Maycock of PBS says:

“James Brown is unquestionably one of the most charismatic musical icons of the 20th century. An irrepressible performer, ruthless but highly proficient bandleader, awesome dancer, and, unquestionably, the man who flipped soul music on its head to create funk, Brown became a huge black cultural symbol in the 1960s and ’70s. He’s certainly altered the course of black popular music more than once, with his innovations flowing into the careers of Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, Public Enemy, Prince, and a multitude of others — including my humble brothers performing in the video below.

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Part of the chorus — “Nakupenda Sana Bibi Yangu,” translates from Kiswahili to English as: “I love you so much my ‘wife’,” where “Bibi” is Kiswahili for Wife. In a traditional African setting, Bibi can also mean girlfriend, and/or “concubine.”

The Congolese are a “musical people” — music readily flows in their veins the same way — “long-distance running” flows in the veins of the Kenyan and Ethiopian people of East Africa.

Kinshasa, DRC Congo’s capital, has been one of the great centers of musical innovation in Africa, producing crop after crop of excellent soloists and harmonists.

Despite constant turmoil and debilitating poverty in the DRC, the Congolese have never wavered musically. Their enthusiasm is steady and unfaltering.

To me, they are the “finest of best” musicians in black Africa.

Here is the original “Sex Machine” — Performed “live” by the “Godfather of Soul” — James Brown, in 1976

BONUS – “Sina Makosa” Performed by “Les Wanyika” — An East African “Kiswahili Rumba” Classic

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