Comments on: Michael Jackson Thrilled The Kids in Zaire

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 22:33:07 +0000

Empompo was a sax player.

By: Claude

Claude — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:27:20 +0000

Hey Greg, I read this article with great interest. I found some old 45s from when I was a little boy living in the Congo (Leopoldville), circa 1965, and I am trying to identify them, however the names of the tracks and in some cases the names of the artists do not appear on any discography that I’ve been able to find online via Google. Names include Tabu Ley, Tora-Tora, Empompo Deyesse, B.E. Batta, and others. I am going to digitize and load them onto SoundCloud and hope that that social media venue can lead to listeners who might know more. Do you have any other suggestions? Thank you!

By: dizi izle

dizi izle — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:52:32 +0000

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:32:39 +0000

Mara = time.
Ingine = different.
Tena = again.

Mara ingine can mean “another time” like “later” or it can mean “do it again.

Tena simply means “again”

So they were saying “Show it again, show it again. Again again again again!!!!”

Or words to that effect.

By: Lilian Nattel

Lilian Nattel — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:21:58 +0000

Great story. Now what did the kids say?

By: Caravelle

Caravelle — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:17:50 +0000

“Mara ingine! Mara ingine! Tena tena tena tena!”

Would you believe it, babelfish doesn’t do Swahili. If that’s even the language…

“One more time ! One more time ! Rewind rewind rewind rewind” ?

By: Caravelle

Caravelle — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:07:15 +0000

“This video is not available in your country [Japan] due to copyright restrictions. ”

Is it the thriller video ?

By: sÄ±cak videolar

sÄ±cak videolar — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:40:56 +0000

Yes, I play with African musicians here in the US and will tour Africa with a group this winter. It is exactly as you say: MJ and Bob posters everywhere

By: Ã§iÃ§ekÃ§i

Ã§iÃ§ekÃ§i — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:34:36 +0000

For sharing thank you very much good very beautiful work

By: yogi-one

yogi-one — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:42:17 +0000

Yes, I play with African musicians here in the US and will tour Africa with a group this winter. It is exactly as you say: MJ and Bob posters everywhere.

Love him, hate him. I respect his talent, although not a big fan, but I wasn’t real happy about his warped personality. As for the child sex allegations, of course I personally have no proof one way or the other, but I will say I thought it was awfully stupid of him to come out on national TV in 1991 and profess the glories of having other people’s kids in his bed).

The fact is, he was a true ambassador of American culture to the third world, not just Africa, but Asia too. Everywhere. How many kids around the world taught themselves to dance by studying MJ videos? Millions would be a safe guess.

And to his fans, the court cases are no obstacle to their love for him and his music. This week, we are living in a Michael Jackson world. Walk down any main street in any city and chances are, from somewhere, you’ll hear MJ being played.

The fact is, in death, as in life, he’s everywhere.

Only the top cream among even the most elite performers achieve that kind of status. You can’t take that away from him.