craft and aesthetics:Thinking about YONDO SISTER

Feeling naughty and artistic:Yondo Sister

My playlist is one thing that is so close to my heart.It always works miracles on the state of my heart and stirs intellectual waters in my mind that always grows into pursuit for a better understanding of the world,the phenomenon of life,human character, the outcomes of perception of life and intellectual inclinations that shape what life is and turns out to be every hour of human existence.
Amongst the many great names I have listened to include,amongst others the likes of Yvonne Chaka Chaka,Nimon Toki Lala,Sam Fan Thomas,Alain Kounkou,Dr.Sakis and Kanda Bongoman and above all ,my all time favourite of  the Congolese female artists,Yondo Sister, who happens to have also been one of my father's favourite artists.

art never ages,so is Yondo Sister

One of the first musicians I listened to consciously when a child was this most flexible dancer,Yondo Sister.Dad loved Yondo and I grew to love her too.The effect of her hits such as Perdue de Vue,Mbuta mutu,Madi (Africa),Mwana Kento amongst others and the spirited and vigorous full of life and seductive dance that accompanied her beauty of person,melody,voice and generally her signature artistic expression took possession of my heart and many years today I still hold a very strong impression of her as a remarkable artist.The first time I saw a music video I did see Yondo's and so her work alongside other visual arts including Sylvester Stallone's Rambo movie series remain the most memorable arts that defined my entry into and the crawling-before-walking phase in my visual arts awareness(of course visual arts go beyond music videos and movies only)

She-Yondo-lives(of course  a myriad of both local and international artist have left a lasting impression in my life and I adore them too) as an artistic icon and what passion and shere determination can lead to having grown from being a dancer to an established singer of her own kind.

She thus takes her place on the list of my selected few from whose stories never misses a thing or two to learn.She is one of my childhood's sweetest memories.This is so owing to the fact that during Xmass and New year celebrations back in the days ,most DJs played nothing less than her music and then others-the mid and late 90s.Xmass was no xmass in Bar-Ober,my village town,and I bet then no other town without playing Yondo Sister.I miss those days when Xmass was such a mystery that kept us spinning wild in our childhood.And hearing Yondo's music would crown the memory of those precious moments.