Jean Bosco Mwenda

Born: 1930, Bunkeya, Belgian Congo Died: September 1992, Zambia Also known as: Mwenda wa Bayeke. He was a pioneer of Congolese fingerstyle acoustic guitar music. He was also popular in other African countries, particularly in East Africa, and in the late 1950s and early 1960s was briefly based in Nairobi, where he had a regular radio show and became a profound influence on a generation of Kenyan guitarists.