MBANDA AKOTI KIKUMBI BY LUAMBO MAKIADI & TPOK JAZZ WITH FULL SUBTITLED ENGLISH TRANSLATED LYRICS

KOKOTA KIKUMBI in Lingala is going on a retreat, to discover yourself in order to come up with an Idea that can change lives in the society. In this song, Luambo Makiadi was talking about someone who was badmouthing him in president Mobutu's inner circle. This song was a MBWAKELA directed at Leom Kengo Wa Dondo.


1. 1. OKUREKEKE: (WAS AN ALARM TO NOTIFY PEOPLE ABOUT A LOOMING DANGER)
For example when the police patrols against minors arrived, the first person to spot them could alert others by saying"OKUREKEKE". This commonly happened during the theft of fruit from a neighboring plot. When the owner came with a stick, you could hear this cry, one had to flee, even if he had done nothing there. Because you could have been victimized.


2. 2, ZAMBA YA AVOCAT (ZAMB’AVOCAT):
A legendary bush (forest) that was somewhere in Kinshasa. It was cut in the late 60s and early 70s. It was located in Limete. It was famous because of the assassinations and the fact that it was frequented by thug gangs, idlers and other bandits.


3. 3. FAR WEST ( MOFÉ) ET DYNAMIQUE:
From the neighborhoods of Ngiri-Ngiri in the time of Zabara and other "Macistes" (Ba Kingo'ebende, Ba "tolo ebomba" at the time. The Dynamique neighborhood. It was before called Assossa Avenue which separated the two districts of "Bayankés" of Ngiri-Ngiri. Basically, they were yankés (youth), very "patriotic" and loving their communities. For example, they respected the sisters of the district; and did not steal; rendered services to the communities. Sometimes they knew how to do bad things, “na canaille kaka”, that is to say, they did thingson purpose To punish….


4. 4. VIEUX EBOMA:
A Sorcerer who, supposedly, gave magic powers to young people of the time under small incisions on the palms of the hands. Commonly known as: ko kata Camon. During football games at “Terrain ya Bondo (Shaba and Rue Bondo)” or elsewhere, if you had Camon, you would spread fear to other onlookers. But by way of demonstrations, it was said that someone with Camon, had to dry out a tree with a simple blow of the head.


5. 5. PAKADJUMA:
An artificial / accidental lake that was created after the construction of the building (Should be a Hospital) in front of the building of the IEM, in Kasa Vubu. The construction of the hospital was abandoned for at least 3 decades, because the surrounding land was shifting due to the abundance of water. This is what then created the small pond called PAKADJUMA. All the kids from s Lingwala, Kasa Vubu, Ngiri-Ngiri, Bandal, etc… went there regularly to swim. But, there were always risks linked to bandits and other zealous parents: Children were copiously beaten there by zealous guards of the Kimbanguist enclosure. Cad, unbeknownst to them, the guards confiscated all of their clothes. Coming out of the waters, there were no more clothes. Kids were told by the guards that they had guards confiscated them. In exchange, it was necessary to accept a certain number of "Ngondo" on the backs. And since no one wanted to go home without clothes, imagine what happened next.


6. 6. MBEREKE (MBELEKE)
Around the 60's, The acrobat was a well-known guy in Kin (Kasa-Vubu, Ngiri-Ngiri, Kimbangu, Yolo and Makala) who was doing feats with his bike: He rode his bike on the pipes of the water pipe of regideso which separates Kimbangu and Yolo-Makala. He amused the public a lot.


7. In Linguala, there were 3 districts , the first goes from rue Kabinda to rue Aketi, it used to be called ETATS UNIS and it is led by DEGAZIN whom LUAMBO called him by his nickname Debaron , the second district which goes from ISANGI street to the railway line, it was called CANADA district whose leader was MORUMA , finally the third district which went from the rail to the golf which we called RED ARMY which unfortunately didn't have a real masta gang.


8. " Talassé ya Esange This was was supposed to be ISANGI and not esange , for those who do not know it is the avenue where Old LUTUMBA SIMARO was born and lived until his death.