Indépendance Cha Cha

"Indépendance Cha Cha"
Song by L'African Jazz
Language
B-side"Naweli Boboto"
ReleasedJanuary 27, 1960 (1960-01-27)
GenreCongolese rumba
Length3:05
LabelFonior
Songwriter(s)Joseph "Grand Kallé" Kabasele

"Indépendance Cha Cha" (French; "Independence cha cha") was a song performed by Joseph Kabasele (best known by his stage name Le Grand Kallé) from the group L'African Jazz in the popular Congolese rumba style. The song has been described as "Kabasele's most memorable song" and one of the first Pan-African hits.

The song was composed by Grand Kallé and first performed in 1960, the so-called Year of Africa, to celebrate the imminent independence of the Belgian Congo (the modern-day and Democratic Republic of the Congo). The song achieved considerable successes and remains the most internationally best-known examples of the Congolese rumba.