Kanda Bongo Man

Congolese soukous musician
Person human Q1394971
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Kanda Bongo Man

Summary

Kanda Bongo Man is a human[1]. He was born in Inongo[2]. He was born on June 8, 1955[3]. He worked as a musician[4], songwriter[5], singer[6], guitarist[7], and singer-songwriter[8]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (216 views/month, #7,212 of 1,000,298).[9]

Key Facts

  • Kanda Bongo Man was born in Inongo[2].
  • Kanda Bongo Man was born on June 8, 1955[3].
  • Kanda Bongo Man held citizenship in Democratic Republic of the Congo[10].
  • Kanda Bongo Man's professions included musician[4].
  • Kanda Bongo Man worked as a songwriter[5].
  • Kanda Bongo Man worked as a singer[6].
  • Kanda Bongo Man worked as a guitarist[7].
  • Kanda Bongo Man's professions included singer-songwriter[8].
  • Kanda Bongo Man is recorded as male[11].
  • Kanda Bongo Man's instance of is recorded as human[12].
  • Kanda Bongo Man's genre is soukous[13].
  • Kanda Bongo Man's pseudonym is recorded as Kanda Bongo Man[14].
  • Kanda Bongo Man's official website is recorded as http://www.africanmusicagency.co.uk/kbm_200[15].
  • Kanda Bongo Man's instrument is recorded as voice[16].
  • Kanda Bongo Man's start of work period is recorded as 1980[17].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[18]

  • Country: CD[19]

  • Began / founded: 1955[20]

  • Genre(s): kwassa kwassa, soukous[21]

  • Community tags: kwassa kwassa, soukous[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: aee0642c-1d8b-4a64-9993-443f94242b2e[23]

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Origins and Family

Kanda Bongo Man's place of birth was Inongo[2]. He was born on June 8, 1955[3].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include musician[4], songwriter[5], singer[6], guitarist[7], and singer-songwriter[8].

Why It Matters

Kanda Bongo Man ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (216 views/month, #7,212 of 1,000,298).[9] He has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

FAQs

Where was Kanda Bongo Man born?

Born in Inongo[2], Kanda Bongo Man…

What did Kanda Bongo Man do for work?

Kanda Bongo Man worked as musician[4], songwriter[5], singer[6], guitarist[7], and singer-songwriter[8].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . musik-sammler.de. musik-sammler.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [9] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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