Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique: Adolphe Dominguez & Wenge Tonya Tonya (Congo-Kinshasa)

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Wenge Tonya Tonya is the latest off-shoot of the Wenge family. Led and created by Adolphe Dominguez, who left Werrason's Wenge Musica Maison Mère early 2001. Dominguez, a gifted singer, was prominently present on Wenge Maison Mère's Solola Bien! album. On Tonya Tonya's debut album, he introduces a new dance, bawu na bawu, which he hopes will replace the ndombolo, at the end of its evolution. Adolphe Dominguez is born: as Elongo Lodi, in Kinshasa Wenge Tonya Tonya is formed: by Adolphe Dominguez as an off-shoot of Wenge Musica Maison Mère, in March 2001 Style: soukous

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