Insight

Four decades of Orchestre Impala’s golden music

Founded in 1974 Orchestre Impala took the country by storm as their music played on radios, TV and in every bar. People across the region knew the lyrics to their songs better than their own national anthems.Impala became popular in the early 1980’s for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of traditional Rwandan music with a bit of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Rumba and other genres of African music.
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