Élisabeth Tshala Muana Muidikay (born 13 May 1958), known professionally as Tshala Muana, is a singer and dancer from Congo-Kinshasa. She started her artistic career as a dancer for the musical band Tsheke Tsheke Love in 1977. She is famous for several songs such as "Karibu Yangu". She has won several awards on the national, continental and global scene.
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Birth name | Élisabeth Tshala Muana Muidikay |
Born | (1958-05-13) 13 May 1958 (age 64) Élisabethville, Belgian Congo |
Genres | Soukous, Congolese rumba, Mutuashi |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | Present |
Labels | Charly Records, Shanachie Records, Celluloid Records |
Tshala Muana, was born on 13 May 1958, in Lubumbashi, then part of the Belgian Congo, now the Democratic Republic of Congo. She was the second of ten children of Amadeus Muidikayi, a soldier, and Alphonsine Bambiwa Tumba, a housewife.
In 1964, when Muana Muidikay was 6 years old, her father was murdered in Watsha by the Ulelist maquis during the Congo crisis. She was raised by her mother, who died in 2005.
She has never married. She dated a politician who is a married man in the 2000s, and she has referred to him as her husband since.
On 7 June 2020 she gave signs of life after rumors of her death were spread.[1] Since May 2020, Tshala Muana has been suffering the effects of a stroke.
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