Tshala Muana

Tshala Muana, the second of ten siblings, is the daughter of Amadeus Muidikayi, a soldier, and Alphonsine Bambiwa Tumba, a housewife.

In 1964, barely six years old, she lost her father, murdered in Watsha by the Ulelist maquis during the Katanga war. She was raised by her mother, who died in 2005. She said she lost her two children, a girl and a boy.

Having always been discreet about her private life, the rumor has lent her many connections [Mal dire], notably with former president Laurent-Désiré Kabila. She is since the beginning of the year 2000 married to Claude Mashala, politician.

On June 7, 2020, she gave sign of life after rumours of her death were spread.[1] Since May 2020, Tshala Muana has been suffering of a stroke and is heavily sick.

• tshalamuana.ifrance.com
• Discography
• Rumba on the River bio of Tshala Muana