Amoeba Music

By J Poet

Zap Mama, the all woman vocal group founded by Congolese singer Marie Daulne, bridges the worlds of traditional a capella African vocal music and Western pop. Daulne gradually moved the band, which is basically her backup group, towards more mainstream expressions of hip-hop and R&B. Zap Mama/Daulne’s latest album is ReCreation (2009 Heads Up International)

Daulne was born in the Congo in the early 1960s, of an African mother and Belgian father. After her father’s death, in the midst of the political unrest that followed the fall of the colonial government, Daulne, her mother and five sisters lived in the jungle with a pygmy tribe, before escaping to Brussels. Daulne put... Read More

Genre:

World

City Of Origin:

Brussels, Belgium

Formed Date:

1989