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Tshala Muana The Queen of Mutuashi

Singer with velvety strings , dancer with an evocative hip kick , master of ceremonies , animator a bit troubadour but above all with this contagious mood of good living which was reflected in this warped smile which never left her face ; Tshala Muana the anticonformist became an icon of African music a little in spite of herself as she wanted first to be a woman in the tradition of her African roots , before being a public woman .

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e native of Kasai translated perfectly what implies being the woman of the people . e one a ectionately called the Mamu Nationale in the Democratic Congo , was the allegory of the honest African in her most natural expression possible . Also , we can say without being mistaken that Tshala Muana was successful in the 4 corners of the African continent because she was a kind of mirror of African society ,