Background
He was born in 1954 in Kisangani.
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Diblo Dibala
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Dibala remained with the group for only a short period, going on to play with Vox Africa, Orchestra Bella Mambo and Bella Bella, in which band he first played with Kanda Bongo Manitoba In 1979, he moved to Brussels, and in 1981 he joined Kanda Bongo Manitoba"s band in Paris. Their first album, Iyole (1981), was a success.
Diblo became a sought after session guitarist, working with Pepe Kalle and many other soukous musicians.
In the mid-1980s, he formed his own band, Loketo (meaning "hips"), with singer Aurlus Mabele. A few years later, that band broke up, and in 1990 he formed a new group, Matchatcha, which is still active after a number of personnel changes.
