http://afropopshop.org<img src='http://files.afropopshop.org/images/47255/kinavana.jpg'>Kekele&rsquo;s third album Kinavana pays tribute to the music of Guillermo Portabales. It comprises 12 songs that Portabales composed or recorded.&nbsp; In place of the original Spanish lyrics, the Kekele singers have written new Lingala lyrics that are decidedly not translations from Spanish.<br /> <br /> &quot;BaKristo&quot;, for example, is based on the music of &quot;El Carretero&quot;, but instead of telling a wagoner&rsquo;s tale it denounces the efforts of evangelical churches in Africa to ban all music that is not Christian.<br /> <br /> For the music of Kinavana, like the title combining Kinshasa and Havana, is both Congolese and Cuban.Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:11:49 -0500http://kekele.afropopshop.org/#album_47255<img src='http://files.afropopshop.org/images/23808/congo_life.jpg'>Congo Life: A whole new world of reactivated acoustic Congolese music featuring delicious melodies, inspired and original arrangements, faultless and non-indulgent playing and scalp-tingling voicesSun, 07 Sep 2008 15:11:49 -0500http://kekele.afropopshop.org/#album_23808<img src='http://files.afropopshop.org/images/23832/rumba_congo.jpg'>Kekele is old school Congolese rumba music, sweet, acoustic and sultry, is performed by a super group of master musicians and singers: Papa Noel, Jean-Papy, Syran Mbenza, Nymboma, Wuta-Mayi, Bumba Massa, Yves NdjockSun, 07 Sep 2008 15:11:49 -0500http://kekele.afropopshop.org/#album_23832