Congolese music star General Defao Matumona, who died on Monday night, will be missed in Kenya where he spent nearly 19 years of his adult life in self-imposed exile. The 62-year-old Defao died at a ...

Congolese artist Genaral Defao in his room at Rickside Villas in Mombasa County on Saturday 6 August 2016. He was detained at the resort for failing to settle his bill. PHOTO: KELVIN KARANI/STANDARD ...

General Defao was not tall, but he was big,” writes Bob White in his book, “Rumba Rules: The Politics of Dance Music in Mobutu’s Zaire. “He had an underbite smile, and a pleasant demeanour,” he adds.

Francois Lulendo Matumona would have started the New Year’s Eve with celebration of his 63rd birthday and crowned it all by rolling back the years with Congolese rumba fans in Douala, Cameroon. But ...

Harare — CONGOLESE music sensation, General Defao, who was supposed to perform in Harare last weekend, failed to turn up because he had been detained by Kenyan authorities over an unpaid hotel bill, ...

Renowned Congolese singer and songwriter Lulendo Matumona, also known as General Defao, is dead. Defao, 62, died yesterday, at the Laquintinie Hospital in Douala, Cameroon, where he was admitted. The ...

Harare — CONGOLESE musician Le General Defao is set to visit Zimbabwe next month for two shows in Harare and Bulawayo. One of the renowned rhumba musicians, Defao defies his weight and age on stage, ...

Congolese legend General Defao is probably the face of bleaching gone terribly wrong. In a recent picture with Kanda King, the 57-year-old singer’s face had taken to a white pasty hue that was made ...