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Biography of Mbilia Bel

Real name, (M'bilia Mboyo, Marie-Claire), is a Congolese singer; born Kinshasa, Aug.

14, 1959.

M'bilia dropped out of school in 1977, at the age of seventeen, to accept a position in the troupe of singers and dancers that accompanied the grand dame of Congolese music, Abeti. Well-seasoned after four years with Abeti, she joined Sam Mangwanafor a series of concerts around Congo-Kinshasa (then known as Zaire).

Near the end of 1981, as the Mangwana tour came to a close, Mbilia auditioned for Tabu Ley, leader of the Congolese rumba band, Afrisa.

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Ley hired her on the spot, giving her the stage name Mbilia Bel.

Mbilia's sexy good looks and limpid soprano revitalized Afrisa and sent its records streaking, once again, toward the top of the charts. "Mpeve ya Longo" (holy spirit) from 1982 tells of the domestic problems women face.

Although Ley wrote the song, having it sung by a woman from the woman's poi