About Simaro Massiya Lutumba
Simaro Massiya Lutumba Ndomanueno (19 March 1938 – 30 March 2019), popularly known as Simaro, was a soukous rhythm guitarist, songwriter and bandleader in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He was a member of the seminal soukous band TPOK Jazz which dominated the Congolese music scene from the 1960s through the 1980s. Simaro was born in Léopoldville, Belgian Congo, now Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on 19 March 1938. According to Simaro, he joined Luambo Makiadi in 1961.
