Harare — IN Lubumbashi, eastern Congo the group, known in Zimbabwe as Orchestra Mangelepa was called Baba Gaston Ilunga wa Ilunga Orchestra Baba Nationale. Sometimes it was referred to as Baba Gaston ...

The sprightly steps might have been reduced to laboured trudges, but there is no stopping Orchestra Les Mangelepa, a band whose name was inspired by the French phrase marquez le pas (marching time).

Nairobi — When a list of the top five music groups in Kenya are compiled, it is highly unlikely that Les Mangelepa would be left out of the roll of honour. For the older generation of Kenyans, the ...