Tabu Ley Rochereau [SEP] cause of death
Rochereau died on 30 November 2013, aged 76, at Saint-Luc hospital in Brussels, Belgium where he had been undergoing treatment for a stroke he suffered in 2008. He was buried on 9 December 2013 in the "Cimetière Acropolic de la N'sele" in Kinshasa, after receiving an official mourning ceremony at the "Palais du Peuple".
Discography.
- Contributing artist
- "The Rough Guide to Congo Gold" (2008, World Music Network)
Awards.
- Honorary Knight of Senegal
. Rather than credit himself as Tabu Ley Rochereau, Rochereau adopts the extended name of Tabu Ley Seigneur Rochereau, a respectful name given to him by his junior musicians. In the book "Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo", writer Emizet Francois Kisangani wrote that "Babeti Soukous" was one of several albums by Rochereau that found him success, alongside "Exil Ley" (1993), "Muzina" (1994) and "Africa Worldwide" (1996).
Critical reception.
"Babeti