Félix Wazekwa

Also a dancer and celebrated lyricist, gruff-voiced musician Felix Wazekwa emerged on the professional music scene in the early 1990s by contributing lyrics to albums by Koffi Olomide and Papa Wemba before taking center stage. His solo debut album, Tetragramme, YHWH, appeared in 1995. Known for his bright soukous and Congolese rumba rhythms as well as his deep lyrics, he had his international breakthrough with 1998's Bonjour Monsieur. By 2008, he was on his tenth album, Que Demande le Peuple. Over the next decade, he delivered four more long-players before publishing his first...