Jolie Detta

Jolie Detta Kamenga Kayobote (born c. 1968), professionally known as Jolie Detta or Evangeliste Myriam Ndeka, is a Congolese singer-songwriter, dancer, and evangelist. She made her music debut with Choc Stars between 1983 and 1984. In 1985, Detta joined Tabu Ley's Orchestre Afrisa International and then Franco Luambo's TPOK Jazz in 1986, where she gained national recognition as the lead vocalist in the band's Extended Play (EP) Le Grand Maitre Franco et son Tout Puissant O.K. Jazz et Jolie Detta, in collaboration with Franco and Simaro Lutumba. The EP included breakout singles "Massu", "Cherie Okamuisi Ngai", "Layile", and "Likambo Ya Somo Lumbe", which brought her into the spotlight with a debut tour to Kenya with TPOK Jazz that year. She later rejoined Choc Stars and recorded successful releases before joining Bozi Boziana's newly established Orchestre Anti-Choc in 1988 after Choc Stars disbanded. Anti-Choc's album La Reine de Sabah, released at the end of 1988, and its eponymous lead single, composed by Boziana, was named the Best Song of the Year and earned her the Best Voice of the Year for her performance. From the 1990s to the 2000s, Detta devoted herself to Christian music, switching to gospel, and relocated to Luanda, Angola.