Label history : 

Ngoma was the leading Congolese record label throughout the 1950s

 with a catalogue of more than 2,160 78 rpm shellac discs. 

The label was founded in Léopoldville (today Kinshasa) in 1948

 by the Greek businessman Nico Jéronimidis assisted by his brother in law Nikis Cavvadias 

and his younger brother Alexandros Jéronimidis who took care of the commercial side.

 After the early death of Nico Jéronimidis in 1951 Nikis Cavvadias took over as A & R man, 

recording engineer and musical adviser.

The early recordings were made on acetate discs which were send to Belgium for manufacture. 

Eventually they switched to reel to reel tapes and established a proper recording studio in Léopoldville. 

A network of wholesale dealers was established throughout the Belgian Congo, in Cameroun and in Brazzaville  for the A.O.F. 

(French Central Africa). In order to expand business 

and avoid import tax in France’s African colonies the manufacture of discs was transferred 

from Belgium to France where they acquired a pressing plant in Paris.

The Ngoma catalogue featured many of the most popular artists of what today is

 widely referred to as the first generation of musicians, like Wendo Kolosoy, 

Henri Bowane, Camille Mokoko, Manuel d’Oliveira, Léon Bukasa, Adou Elenga, 

Paul Mwanga and Camille Feruzi. Early Ngoma recordings typically featured the vocal and the acoustic guitar 

of a solo artists like Wendo Kolosoy on his early recordings.

 Eventually additional vocals, guitars, bass, clips 

and wind instruments were added to the recordings. 

The employment of additional musicians lead to the formation of

 permanent studio based orchestras like Beguen Band and Vedette Jazz.

info by : afrodisc.com

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