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  "slug": "adou-elenga",
  "name": "Adou Elenga",
  "description": "Adou Elenga appears once in our Congolese Rumba list, placing as high as No. 3. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/adou-elenga/",
  "appearanceCount": 1,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1955,
    "last": 1955
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 3,
    "list": "Congolese Rumba"
  },
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    {
      "kind": "genre",
      "slug": "congolese-rumba",
      "name": "Congolese Rumba",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/congolese-rumba/",
      "entries": 1
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackKey": "adou-elenga--ata-ndele",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/adou-elenga--ata-ndele/",
      "title": "Ata Ndele",
      "year": 1955,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "\"Sooner or later things will change\" — vague enough to pass the Belgian censors and clear enough to get him arrested anyway. The music was political before independence was sayable.",
      "alsoOn": [],
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        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Adou%20Elenga%20Ata%20Ndele",
          "exact": false
        },
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        }
      },
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        "slug": "congolese-rumba",
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        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/congolese-rumba/"
      },
      "artist": "Adou Elenga"
    }
  ],
  "curates": null
}