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Élisabeth Tshala Muana Muidikay, best known as Tshala Muana, was a singer and dancer from Congo-Kinshasa.

She began her career in the entertainment industry as a dancer for the musical band Tsheke Tsheke Love in 1977 before turning to singing.

She toured widely overseas, won several awards on the national, continental and global scene and recorded well over 20 albums.

Her music also appeared in the soundtrack of the popular 1987 Congolese musical film La Vie est Belle and Aya of Yop City.

Muana was born on 13 May 1958, in Lubumbashi, then part of the Belgian Congo, presently known as the Democratic Republic of Congo.

She was the second of ten children born to Amadeus Muidikayi, her father and soldier, and Alphonsine Bambiwa Tumba, a housewife.

At age six, her father was murdered in Watsha by the Ulelist maquis during the Congo crisis.

As a result, she was raised by her mother, who died in 2005.

Muana died on Dec. 10, 2022 at age 64.