Sam Mangwana

Sam Mangwana, born February 21, 1945, is a Congolese musician, born to a Zimbabwean migrant father and an Angolan mother. He is the frontman of his bands Festival des maquisards and African All Stars.

Mangwana was a member of François Luambo Makiadi's seminal band TPOK Jazz, and Tabu Ley Rochereau's bands African Fiesta, African Fiesta National and Afrisa International.

Band memberships

• African Fiesta, 1962
• Festival des Maquisards, 1968
• TPOK Jazz, 1972
• African All Stars

Discography

• With Festival des Maquisards, 1977
• Waka Waka, 1978
• Maria Tebbo, 1979
• Georgette Eckins, 1979
• Matinda, 1979
• Affaire Disco, 1981
• Est-ce Que Tu Moyens?, 1981
• Cooperation, 1982
• Affaire Video, 1982
• N'Simba Eli, 1982
• Bonne Annee, 1983
• In Nairobi, 1984
• Aladji, 1987
• For Ever, 1989
• Lukolo, 1989
• Capita General, 1990
• Megamix, July 1990
• Rumba Music, 1993
• No Me Digas No, 1995
• Galo Negro, 1998
• Sam Mangwana Sings Dino Vangu, 2000
• Volume 1 Bilinga Linga 1968/1969, June 2000
• Volume 2 Eyebana 1980/1984, June 2000
• Very Best of 2001, March 2001
• Cantos de Esperanca, April 2003

External links

• Unofficial Biographical Site