February 13 2014-13 February 2020, that made 6 years - day for day - since died, in Paris, the musician artist King Kester Emeneya. Of his true name Jean-baptiste Emeneya Mubiala, more known under the name of scene King Kester Emeneya remains memorable in the minds of the congolese and African music lovers, in general. This great name of the congolese song left a rich repertory, in particular his resounding of song "Nzinzi" whose musical contents almost revolutionized several rhythms in democratic Republic of Congo.

But the artist, at the evening of his career, differently captivated the congolese public. It is through his innumerable interviews full with anecdotes on the slides of the artists of his generation that he was fond of the public. Delivering to report the genesis of Viva La Musica of Papa Wemba, Kester also did not fail to evoke the beginnings of Koffi Olomide, not without humour. What made laugh the Congolese.

There are several years during the Escalator emission, broadcasted in RTNC 2, King Kester Emeneya spoke about the difficult beginnings of Koffi Olomide career as a singer. For Kester, it is straightforwardly him who taught Koffi Olomide how to sing. Allegations that Grand Mopao almost did not contradict nor answered, him who is however famous for his glibness through the media

"I had placed a little vocal in the Senza song of my friend Nkovia [ Koffi ].At the time of the repetition of the song with Papa Wemba, I note a heaviness of the voice [ at Koffi ] which did not allow to listen to the words of the song. He sang so low whereas Papa Wemba sang very high. From 8 to 16 hours, the two singers did not find the solution ", explained Kester in lingala with humour accompanied by mimicry. Was needed that somebody brings "a pentatonic voice at least 5 or 7 voices" to make a success of this song, he had been praised.

And this voice "strolls", it is him which led it to fit between "cooing " of Koffi Olomide and the high voice perched of the nightingale of Papa Wemba in order to make a success of this song. King Kester multiplies such emissions which made him still interesting close to Kinshasa, in the congolese capital, eager to discover the hidden meanders of the artists of reputation today.

His death left a great vacuum in the congolese song. And to pay him homage through the 6th anniversary of his death, Léonard Mutangu Katonga, mayor of Kikwit - his birthplace - in the South-west of DRC in the ex-Bandundu (Kwilu), organized a thanksgiving mass in the Cathedral Saint François, Xavier of Kikwit-This artist is considered in this corner of the country one of the largest cultural ambassadors of Kwilu.

Corneille Kinsala N’soki


(CKS/Yes)