Tango Ya Ba Wendo

Tango Ya Ba Wendo
Directed by Roger Kwami Zinga and Mirko Popovitch
Produced by Atelier Jeunes Cinéastes Ti Suka
Screenplay by Mirko Popovitch Kwami Zengi
Music by Wendo Kolosoy
Cinematography Jean-Louis Penez
Edited by Marie-Hélène Mora
Release dates
 1992
Running time
 52 minutes
Country Democratic Republic of the Congo

Tango Ya Ba Wendo is a 1992 documentary film.

Synopsis

Tango Ya Ba Wendo is the name given to the 40s and 50s in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, a time when Antoine Kolosoyi, called Wendo, the pioneer of Zairian rumba, triumphed. In 1992, Wendo is almost 70 years old. The old singer and adventurer tells of his life, his mother as a traditional singer, his first job – as a mechanic, his beginning in songs during colonial times, followed by success and then oblivion... And he still keeps on singing.

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