After having banned 8 of his songs by the CNCCS, on September 13, Koffi Olomide left his reserve. "The Congo does not deserve a censorship commission," he said in an interview with Agence France Presse. For this Commission, which works under the supervision of the Ministry of Justice, the head of the Quartier Latin orchestra did not show up for the "invitations" addressed to him and described the acts as "lack of civility and consideration on the part of the artist who appears to be a repeat offender in this kind of behavior ".

Indeed, the Attorney General, Bernard Mayindombe who had announced the prohibition of the diffusion and the presentation to the public of the songs "Pi pi pi", "La femme de quelqu’un ", "Elégance", "Ba Esclaves ", " Jour de joie "," Alidor "," Tata Mobimba "and" Papa Ngwasuma ". A decision that surprised the music lovers because the majority of censored songs are already playing in Congolese night clubs- some of them are even a hit, including Singuila's famous song sung with Koffi Olomide: « La femme de quelqu’un ».

Koffi Olimide asked President Felix Tshisekedi to deal with this issue by denouncing "the abuse of power" of the National Commission for Censorship of Songs and Shows. He is victim of this censorship exercise several times.


(CKS/Yes)