The assertion about the provenance of Roga Roga was made during the talk-debate with the press on January 16 in Paris, initiated by reporter-director Fredy Mizelet Flam Image. Moreover, the artist had accepted the idea of getting closer to Congolese journalists and took the opportunity to explain what his series of concerts in France was about. He took the opportunity to recall that, through culture, he intends to reconcile the Congolese, his Music having to be outside of ethnic considerations.
Roga Roga, who has become an emblematic figure of Congolese music, despite the fact that he has established himself as a singer-songwriter, guitarist and musical arranger, still arouses among music lovers an acquaintance with the power in place and is cataloged ” artist from the North.
Behind this stereotype, there is above all the “Roga Roga”, the “unifier”, the “guardian of habits and customs” who hopes to only be the cultural ambassador, until the Congolese rediscover the good vibration of their values of national unity.
“I was conceived in Mindouli, I was born in Fort Rousset; I did my schooling in Mindouli and Mouyondzi. It is shocking to see that my detractors only remember my place of birth when my first steps in the world were taken elsewhere than in the North. explains the artist.
In fact, attacks against the artist have continued to punctuate the news of his musical evolution. The list is long and, without being exhaustive, we can remember his first concerts in France. The fighters were opposed to his possible benefits. Even today, there is talk for certain compatriots of boycotting his concert at the Zénith Paris La Villette.
-For the delegation of journalists, honored to receive the artist’s confidences, it is the opportunity to wear the “good word of unity” and, immediately, to mobilize for the total success of the concert on 1is February at the Zénith Paris La Villette.
The journalists testified about the music of Roga Roga already present within the diaspora. From time to time, while out running in Paris, it is possible to hear it here and there in public places or on FM radios. The Congolese of France provide their support to the artist and go beyond by identifying with his cultural promotion and his internationalization.
“If the rumba has become famous, it is first and foremost thanks to the Congolese themselves…We must make the Zénith concert a real plebiscite,” said one of the journalists.
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