mutuashi

Machine-translated from the French article

Mutuashi is a dance and music genre that originates in the traditional music of the Baluba (Muluba in the singular) of Kasai. The mutuashi style was pioneered by Dr. Nico Kasanda starting in 1965, but was mainly popularized by the singer Tshala Muana under the musical arrangements of guitarist-arranger Souzy Kaseya, who is the designer of the Tshala Muana version of mutuashi around the 1980s. Following the various waves of migration of the Baluba from Kasai to Kinshasa during the colonial period and after independence, they brought their musical culture with them.