Nani Akolela Wendo? (1993)

"With Congolese music back in fashion thanks to Staff Benda Bilili and Jupiter, here's a timely reminder of a great Kinshasa pioneer of Congolese rumba, who started out in the pre-independence era. Wendo Kolosoy died in 2008, at 82. A one-time boatman, he became popular in the 1940s thanks to the lilting song Marie Louise, said to have the magical ability to raise the dead. But he stopped singing until 1992, when he was enticed back to record Nani Akolela Wendo?. Now remastered, it's an African classic, due to his light, charming songs (including Marie Louise) and easy, sometimes yodelling vocals. Another album, Banaya Papa Wendo, is patchier, but impressive for a man in his late 70s." (Guardian)