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"''Indépendance Cha Cha''" (French; "Independence cha cha") was a song performed by Joseph Kabasele (best known by his stage name, ''Le Grand Kallé'') from the group ''L'African Jazz'' in the popular African Rumba style. The song has been described as "Kabasele's most memorable song" and one of the first Pan-African hits. The song was composed and first performed in 1960, the so-called Year of Africa, to celebrate the imminent independence of the Belgian Congo (the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo). The song achieved considerable successes and remains the most internationally best-known examples of Congolese Rumba. ==Song and composition== As a prominent Congolese cultural figure, Le Grand Kallé and his band, African Jazz, were chosen to accompany the Congolese delegation to Brussels, Belgium for the Congolese Round Table Conference on Congolese independence in early 1960. The song was written on the 20 January 1960〔(Indépendance cha-cha - NZOLANI )〕 and first played at the Hotel Plaza in Brussels on 27 January 1960. It was sung by Vicky Longomba and Nico Kasanda played the guitar. For the first performance of the song at the conference, Le Grand Kallé brought together four musicians from his own band, ''L'African Jazz'' (Kasanda, Roger Izeidi, Pierre Yatula and Déchaud Mwamba) along with two members of the rival band, OK Jazz (Longomba and Armando Brazzos). The song's lyrics called for unity in the post-independence Congo between the different factions and prominent figures of the nationalist movement in the Congo. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Indépendance Cha Cha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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