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FOR YEARS, Zairean star [TABU LEY ROCHEREAU] opened his shows with "Djalelo," a song praising President Mobutu Sese Seko, Zaire's authoritarian ruler. Today Zaire is hardly less chaotic politically than Bosnia or Haiti, and Tabu Ley (a k a Seigneur Rochereau), along with virtually the...

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Published inNewsday
Main Author By Richard Gehr. Richard Gehr is a free-lance writer
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Long Island, N.Y Newsday LLC 02.11.1993
EditionCombined editions
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Rochereau, Tabu Ley
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Summary:FOR YEARS, Zairean star [TABU LEY ROCHEREAU] opened his shows with "Djalelo," a song praising President Mobutu Sese Seko, Zaire's authoritarian ruler. Today Zaire is hardly less chaotic politically than Bosnia or Haiti, and Tabu Ley (a k a Seigneur Rochereau), along with virtually the entire Zairean music community, has exiled himself in Paris. Hence the title of his smoothly appealing new album: "Exil-Ley" (Sonodisc/Bibiche).