Tabu Ley Rochereau

Pascal-Emmanuel Sinamoyi Tabu was born on 13 November 1940 in Bagata, in the then Belgian Congo. He attended the École Moyenne Saint Raphaël in Limete, where his education later helped him secure a position in the secretariat of the Athenaeum of Kalina (Athénée de Kalina). At the same time, mainly out of personal interest, he sang with a small band whose name echoed Afric'Ambiance, and performed in a bar at the corner of École and Kigoma streets in the Kinshasa commune. During a period when Western films dominated Kinshasa's cinemas, such as Macoley on Kigoma Street, Siluvangi on Croix-Rouge, and Mbongo Mpasi on Ruzizi Street in the Casamar.