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Embattled Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) musician Koffi Olomide has posted a song dedicated to women on his facebook page, weeks after he was arrested for kicking a female dancer in Kenya.

The song titled “Mom-sorry” has a chorus of “Mama pardon” – French phrase for ‘sorry mom,’ as Olomide is heard singing at some point saying “forgive me.” Apparently an apology for the assault that got him arrested, deported and charged in court in less than a week

The musician referred to as the King of Congolese rumba was deported from Kenya to the DRC on the instructions of the Kenyan police chief after he had spent the night behind bars at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).

Days after his return to the DRC, he was picked up at his Kinshasa home and hauled before court. Olomide was charged with assault and battery and was detained in jail.

He was granted bail after spending four days in jail. His Kenyan show and another in Zambia were cancelled after the bad press that followed his arrest and deportation. He held his first post-detention show in Brazzaville, the capital of neighbouring Congo Republic a day after his release on bail.

Calls for his arrest and trial were championed by a Congressman Zakarie Bababaswe, who filed a petition on behalf of the Congolese public to have the musician punished for assault.

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Cameroonian bassist and singer-songwriter Richard Bona has a new album titled Heritage, scheduled for release on September 16 in the United States. To promote the album he will be touring the United States in September 2016.

Heritage, Bona’s eighth, is the first with the Afro-Cuban band Mandekan Cubano. This recording follows the roots of Afro-Cuban music back to its origins in the Mandekan Empire of the 15th century and earlier. The music explores the alchemy of African rhythms in Cuba.

Tour Dates:

Sept 2nd: Boston, MA, Sculler’s

Sept 6th: Washington, DC, Howard Theatre

Sept 9-10: NYC, Club Bonafide

Sept 13-14: Los Angeles, CA, Catalina’s

Sept 16th: Monterey, CA, Monterey Jazz Festival

Sept 20-21: Seattle, WA, Jazz Alley

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CNN reports that dozens of people were injured after a safety railing collapsed at a Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa waterfront show in Camden, New Jersey. The partitioning, which gave way, had been separating the concertgoers from the stage at the BB&T Pavilion.

A short video shot by a fan showed the moment when the rail buckled. It appeared that pressure from the crowd was too much for the safety feature as it toppled over, which was followed by people in the first couple of rows falling over with it onto the concrete.

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With over 40-years of music career and a never ending list of song releases; the legendary Kassav group has announced an upcoming concert in Cameroon .

The big event is scheduled for December 22, 2016,at the Sports Palace in Yaounde.

It is no doubt that the band with the likes of Jocelyne Béroard, Jean-Claude Naimro, or Jacob Desvarieux revisiting of Cameroon will be a crowd pulling event.A concert worth attending

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From a Nairobi jail to a Kinshasa prison, veteran Congolese rumba musician has been released on bail after he was arrested in his home country last week for assaulting his female dancer in Kenya.

The 59-year-old was granted bail on Saturday night, after four days of detention, on the grounds that “he has a known residence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, he is a famous star and his main interests are in the country,” one of his lawyers Benoit Tayeye explained.

According to the prosecution, the charges of assult and battery against him have not been dropped eventhough he has been freed from the Makala central prison in Kinshasa, AFP reports.

Real name Antoine Agbepa Mumba, Olomide was arrested a second time in a week after the previous one in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, for kicking his female dancer in the stomach at the airport on their arrival for a concert. He was deported after spending the night in jail.

Olomide’s arrest was spearheaded by a Congolese Member of Parliament Zacharias Bababaswe who described the act as barbaric against a woman.

The Rumba star, who has more than 26 albums to his name, has a history of assault. In August 2012, the singer was slapped with a three months suspended prison sentence in Kinshasa for assaulting his producer.