Zaiko Langa Langa are a seminal soukous band from DR Congo. The word Zaiko is a portmanteau for the lingala phrase Zaire ya bankoko, meaning Zaire of our ancestors, where Zaire must be read as a reference to the river by that name, now called Congo. The meaning of the phrase Langa Langa is controversial; according to the band's website, it means marvelous or almighty.
Founded in the early 1969 by D.V. Moanda, Marcelin Delo, Henry Mongombe, Olemi Eshar-Eshar dem'belina and Andre Bita, Zaiko Langa...
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