Jean Bosco Mwenda
Jean Bosco Mwenda | |
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Jean-Bosco Mwenda performing in Katanga, Belgian Congo, in 1952 | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Mwenda wa Bayeke |
| Born | Jean-Bosco Mwenda c. 1930 |
| Died | September 1990 (aged 59-60) |
| Genres | Congolese rumba |
| Occupations |
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| Instruments | Guitar vocals |
| Years active | 1950s–1990 |
Jean-Bosco Mwenda (1930 – September 1990) was a Congolese guitarist and musician, and pioneer of Congolese fingerstyle acoustic guitar music. He was popular in the Congo as well as other African countries, particularly in East Africa, and in the late 1950s and early 1960s was briefly based in Nairobi, Kenya, where he had a regular radio show and became a profound influence on a generation of Kenyan guitarists.