He’s remembered for his peroxide hair, burly figure and great dance moves. Fast forward to 2010 and apart from losing the hair style preferring dreadlocks instead, the Lingala maestro, General Defao, ...

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.

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 ...