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| Prologue: A mighty sound: Mobutu and the musicians, 1997 | |
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| Difficult delivery: Bowane, Leopold II, Stanley, Brazza, Kamba, Feruzi, and Wendo, 1946 and before | |
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| Why don't you make a record? Olympia, Ngoma, Opika, and Loningisa, 1946-1950 | |
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| The brains of the music: Jhimmy, Kabasele, and African Jazz, 1950-1955 | |
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| In need of a name: Essous, Franco, and O.K. Jazz, 1955-1956 | |
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| A change in mentality: Kasavubu, Lumumba, Rock'a Mambo, O.K. Jazz, and Orchestre Bantou, 1957-1959 | |
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| Celebrations and sorrows: Kasavubu, Lumumba, African Jazz, and O.K. Jazz, 1960-1961 | |
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| Congo music: Orchestre Bantou and Ry-Co Jazz, 1960-1963 | |
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| Money changes everything: African Jazz, African Fiesta, Moise Tshombe, O.K. Jazz, and Orchestre Bantou, 1963-1965 | |
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| Revolution: Mobutu, Franco, Bavon Marie Marie, Kwamy, Docteur Nico, Rochereau, and Essous, 1965-1967 | |
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| Dances and disorder: Docteur Nico, Rochereau, Sam Mangwana, and Franco, 1968-1969 | |
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| Rhythm of the time: Franco, Verckys, Bella Bella, Zaiko Langa Langa, Bavon Marie Marie, Franklin Boukaka, and Rochereau, 1969-1970 | |
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| The name game: Veve, Trio Madjesi, Afrisa, Fiesta Sukisa, O.K. Jazz, and Bantous de la Capitale, 1971-1973 | |
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| The guys have it: Abeti, Franco, and Mobutu, 1973-1974 | |
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| What goes up...: Mobutu, George Foreman, Muhammad Ali, Tabu Ley, Bella Bella, and Zaiko Langa Langa, 1974-1976 | |
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| ...Must come down: Abeti, M'Pongo Love, Papa Wemba, Franco, and Tabu Ley, 1975-1978 | |
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| Exodus: Bantous de la Capitale, Mobutu, African All Stars, Verckys, Koffi Olomide, and Docteur Nico, 1977-1980 | |
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| Paris: Franco, Pamelo Mounk'a, Bopol, Pablo, M'Pongo Love, Kosmos, Kanda Bongo Man, and Les Quatre Etoiles, 1979-1982 | |
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| Article 15: Kabasele, Sam Mangwana, Franco, Tabu Ley, Mbilia Bel, and Docteur Nico, 1980-1985 | |
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| You can't tell the players without a program: Empire Bakuba and Clan Langa Langa, 1979-1985 | |
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| Crossroads: Tshala Muana, Abeti, Rigo Star, Les Quatre Etoiles, Loketo, Kanda Bongo Man, Tabu Ley, and Mbilia Bel, 1985-1988 | |
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| Get out your program again: Clan Langa Langa, Koffi Olomide, and Empire Bakuba, 1985-1989 | |
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| Matters of life and death: Bantous de la Capitale and O.K. Jazz, 1985-1989 | |
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| The gray nineties: O.K. Jazz, Wenge Musica, Bantous de la Capitale, Soukous Stars, Abeti, Papa Wemba, and Tabu Ley, 1989 and after | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Select discography | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Index | |