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Personnel: Mawangu Mingiedi (vocals, percussion); Pauline Mbuka Nsiala, Menga Waku (vocals); Duki Makumbu (bass guitar); Ndofusu Mbiyavanga (percussion).Audio Mixer: Vincent Kenis.Recording information: Halle De La Gombe, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Of Con; Ndjili Quartier N°1.Photographers: Pieter Hugo; Vincent Kenis.For nearly 40 years, Mingiedi Mawangu and his Konono No. 1 likembe orchestra, have been playing street parties and festivals in the Congo, and since the 21st century, all over the world. The likembe is a thumb piano made from steel strips cut to various lengs and played across a steel bridge over a hollowed wooden box, creating a resonating tinny sound that registers from deep and and rumbles to high and reedy. Konono No. 1 make their instruments from car parts and amplify them with everything from microphones assembled from alternator magnets, camshafts, valves, and speakers to homemade amplifiers that distort the likembe's sound and create numerous overtones and effec