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Makoma is an award-winning Christian, pop, R&B and dance musical group originating from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) and established in the Netherlands. It is made up of 6 siblings (3 brothers and 3 sisters): Nathalie Makoma, Annie Makoma, Pengani Makoma, Tutala Makoma, Duma Makoma, Martin Makoma and a non-family member, Patrick Badine. They mainly sing in Lingala and in English, but at times also in French, Dutch and German. Lead singer Nathalie Makoma left the group in 2004 and has her solo career after ending as runner-up during the Dutch ''Idols 4'' in 2007-2008. In the final she sang ''Ola Olé'' with the Makoma band. Makoma are back with a new album in 2012 called ''Evolution'' and containing 10 new songs. The lineup is the same, except for Nathalie Makoma who decided starting 2006 to concentrate on her own solo career.〔(Nollywood Gossip: Kora Awards winning group Makoma making a big comeback after a 6-year break )〕 ==Career== The group Makoma was established by Tutala Makoma in 1993, and started performing in public as a group in 1995. The name of the band was "Nouveau Testament"〔(Afrika Nieuws: Nathalie uit Idols was al een ster in Afrika ) (in Dutch)〕 (translated as New Testament"). The family left Democratic Republic of Congo formerly known as Zaire because of political strife and established in the Netherlands, later in Germany to return in 1996 to reside in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The band was renamed Makoma (the name of the family) after establishing in Europe. They record at the Westcoast Studios, also owned by Tutala Makoma in Rotterdam. Annie Makoma designs most of the group's stage attire, and Martin Makoma doubles up as the group's choreographer. Since 1999, many of their songs in Lingala are produced by Andre Straesser, a successful international music producer involved with several music projects and a number of top 20 in many countries. Their debut album was released in 2000 entitled ''Nzambe Na Bomoyi'' followed in 2002 entitled ''On Faith''. The same year they won the Best African Group at the Kora African Music Awards.〔 They have toured many countries including many European countries, Africa, the Caribbean and Canada. Nathalie Makoma, born on 24 February 1982 in Kinshasa became, a well-known Dutch-Congolese singer in her own right, . Nathalie Makoma left the band and established in England and later in Ireland. She released ''On Faith'' in 2003 and ''I Saw the Light'' in 2005. In 2007-2008, she returned to the Netherlands and participated in ''Idols 4'' in the Netherlands and finished runner-up, with the title going to Nikki Kerkhof. The group Makoma made a guest appearance on the ''Idols'' final with their sister Nathalie singing ''Ola Olé'' in English with her. She is signed to Sony BMG. Makoma currently sing for BC3 Media Limited, international record label headquartered in the United Kingdom. Philipp Bauss is the managing director of the company and had been producing many of the Makoma clips as Bauss has his own record and video production studio with experience with several international musicians. 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「Makoma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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