Gaby Lita Bembo & Stukas
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Lita Bembo - the great showman of Congo-Zairean music - was one of the most inspirational musicians of the new generation that stormed Kinshasa in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band Stukas du Zaire. His unique blend of impassioned Ekonda vocal styles and frenetic guitar patterns turned his compositions into instant hits, while his eccentric stage antics and innovative dance routines endeared him to young and old alike. The music, like the man, remains larger than life. Never afraid to use onstage props for maximum impact, live TV footage from the 1970s shows Lita carrying a 6ft high crucifix to visually emphasise the message in a song. That same performance also shows Lita singing with his hands shackled together with iron chains - looking like a slave about to be transported to the new world. Libekk Lita Bembo - a unique, larger than life character.