Legendary Lingala singer Lulendo Matumona, better known as Le General Defao, has come out to set the record straight on the rumours surrounding him and his stay in Kenya. Word on the street is that ...

Renowned Congolese singer and songwriter Lulendo Matumona aka General Defao is dead. Defao, 62, died on Monday, December 27, at the Laquintinie Hospital in Douala, Cameroon, where he was admitted. The ...

Congolese music star General Defao Matumona, who died on Monday night, will be missed in Kenya where he spent nearly 19 years of his adult life in self-imposed exile. The 62-year-old Defao died at a ...

General Defao was not tall, but he was big,” writes Bob White in his book, “Rumba Rules: The Politics of Dance Music in Mobutu’s Zaire. “He had an underbite smile, and a pleasant demeanour,” he adds.

Renowned Congolese singer and songwriter Lulendo Matumona, also known as General Defao, is dead. Defao, 62, died yesterday, at the Laquintinie Hospital in Douala, Cameroon, where he was admitted. The ...

Trouble never seems to stop haunting Congolese dance maestro, Le General Matumona Lulendo Defao. Last Friday he was hauled out of his hotel room in Nairobi Kenya and ushered into a fully packed ...

General Defao was not tall, but he was big,” writes Bob White in his book, “Rumba Rules: The Politics of Dance Music in Mobutu’s Zaire. “He had an underbite smile, and a pleasant demeanour,” he adds.

• He was scheduled to give a private concert before he died. • Officials said several hours before the show, he was seized with uneasiness in his room, his family and friends said.