Konono No.1

Konono No. 1 have combined the spirit of traditional African music with the junk instrument concept and the progressive electronic aspect of modern times. The group's full name was L'Orchestre Folklorique T.P. Konono No. 1 de Mingiedi, "T.P." being translated as "all powerful." (It was also a tribute to the band of the legendary Congolese musician Franco, which was called T.P.O.K. Jazz.) The band was founded by Mingiedi Mawangu, a member of the Zombo or Bazombo ethnic group, whose homeland was located near the Congo border with Angola. Mingiedi was born in Angola in 1933 and m...