http://dbpedia.org/data/Ngoma_(record_label).atom 2024-12-29T16:13:05.169523Z http://dbpedia.org/resource/Ngoma_(record_label) 2024-12-29T16:13:05.169523Z Léopoldville African music 1948 24313371 Ngoma 2219 Ngoma was one of the first record labels intended to provide local African music to the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The name Ngoma came from the Kikongo word for drum. The label was created in 1948 by the Greek businessman Nicolas Jéronimidis, and was active until 1968.Its catalog included many known artists at that time including , who is said to have popularized rumba during the 1930s, Antoine Wendo Kolosoy, one of the biggest names of all-time in Congolese music, the Angolan , , , Paul Mwanga and , the guitarist who is said to have taught the famous Congolese musician François Luambo Makiadi (Franco) his first guitar chords. Defunct Ngoma was one of the first record labels intended to provide local African music to the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The name Ngoma came from the Kikongo word for drum. The label was created in 1948 by the Greek businessman Nicolas Jéronimidis, and was active until 1968.Its catalog included many known artists at that time including , who is said to have popularized rumba during the 1930s, Antoine Wendo Kolosoy, one of the biggest names of all-time in Congolese music, the Angolan , , , Paul Mwanga and , the guitarist who is said to have taught the famous Congolese musician François Luambo Makiadi (Franco) his first guitar chords. Ngoma Nicolas Jéronimidis Belgian Congo 1948 1117657076 Ngoma (record label)

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