Kamulangu is a Luba folk song sung in the Tshiluba language.
[1] The song (and its dance) is about the birth of a child who unifies the tribes of a region and brings an end to a drought.
During Mobutu Sese Seko's rule over the Congo it was sung in praise of him,[5] and its dance achieved national popularity.
[7] In 1970 guitarist Nico Kasanda wrote a variant of the song,[1] recorded it with his band, Orchestre African Fiesta Sukisa, and released it to much success in Kinshasa.
Tabu Ley Rochereau and his Orchestre Afrisa International released their own popular version two years later.