Mapumba - Musician - Cape Town
 

Mapumba plays Afro pop influenced by his roots from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Singing in Swahili, Chiluba, French and English, Mapumba fuses folk music with modern Congo Rhumba and many other styles.

0n his debut album, the song Mimi expresses his gratitude for a chance at a life in music - a life that begun in a humble mining town of Kolwezi in southern Congo and has taken him across countries and continents. This debut album features other beautiful songs like Mwendo, Wewe, Baby Please and the public’s favorite, Mwafwako.

Mwafwako literally tells of the life changing event which was a deadly tribal conflict that forced Mapumba’s family to move to the central province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kasai, a land that is the origin of his family’s tribe. It’s a story of betrayal, political deception and survival.

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Born Dieu Merci Mapumba Cilombo in a small town of Kolwezi in DR Congo, Mapumba’s childhood was one filled with political and social instability. Around the age of thirteen when a deadly tribal conflict broke out, Mapumba was sent to Zambia by his family where he finished his higher education. With such an uncertain life Mapumba found refuge in music by teaching himself in voice, guitar and piano through out high school and college.

Eventually Mapumba embarked on a quest to find a place that could let him make music his career And so in the year 2000 mapumba arrived in the city of Cape town South Africa with a guitar as his only companion.

Here Mapumba exposed himself to various styles of music and performances to learn as much as he could in becoming an inspiring singer, song writer, composer, producer and a multi instrumentalist whose creativity evolves with every single performance.

Singing in French, English, Chiluba and Swahili, Mapumba has one well selling debut album entitled Mapumba, which the Cape Times describes as.."a brilliantly self produced and self composed album with a fantastic combination of beautiful ballads and some groovy upbeat African themes.

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All Diversely blended by his rich soothing velvet voice. A sound that can only be simply called world music..!" His music is a simple sound inspired by different styles from his ethnic elements to modern sounds of soul music. All blended by his rich velvet voice and unique style of musical arrangement. Mapumba sings about personal stories of his life and moral issues most of all portraying the message
of love and unity.

Mapumba is also a field presenter for the well known travel magazine show Studio 53 on DSTV's satellite tv. This show takes him to many African countries includingMali and Sudan to name a few. This is also a great inspiration and insight for mapumba about the cultures of our lovely continent which he continues to reflect in his music.

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Mapumba - Musician - Cape Town