Jean-Bosco Mwenda was a Congolese guitarist and musician, and pioneer of Congolese fingerstyle acoustic guitar music.
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About this person
Jean-Bosco Mwenda was a Congolese guitarist and musician, and pioneer of Congolese fingerstyle acoustic guitar music. He was popular in the Congo as well as other African countries, particularly in East Africa, and in the late 1950s and early 1960s was briefly based in Nairobi, Kenya, where he had a regular radio show and became a profound influence on a generation of Kenyan guitarists.
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1930 to 1990 · aged 60
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6 languages
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