Catalogue       Group                                                       A side/B side                                                        Year

Number

EM7-16        Orch Super Mazembe                     Na Bimaka Pts 1 & 2

EMA 13        Orch Super Mazembe                     Mwana Mazembe Pts 1 & 2

EMA 21        Orch Super Mazembe                     Naleli Libota Pts 1 & 2

EMA 22        Orch Super Mazembe                     Okova Pts 1 & 2

EMA 25        Orch Super Mazembe                     Lovy Pts 1 & 2

EMA 28        Orch Super Mazembe                     Yo-Mabe Pts 1 & 2

EMA 29        Orch Super Mazembe                     Biwela (Christmas) Pts 1 & 2

EMA 30        Orch Super Mazembe                     Ndeko Pts 1 & 2

EMA 33        Orch Super Mazembe                     Ilena Pts 1 & 2

EMA 35        Orch Super Mazembe                     Salima Pts 1 & 2

EMA 38        Orch Super Mazembe                     Pepepe Pts 1 & 2

EMA 42        Orch Super Mazembe                     Rosy Pts 1 & 2

EMB 31        Orch Super Mazembe                     Nanga Pts 1 & 2

Distributed by AIT yet bearing the EMI logo, Editions Mazembe was dedicated to releasing singles by one of Kenya’s most popular bands between 1977 and 1986.

The story of the band’s arrival in Kenya from the Congo via Uganda is documented in Trevor Herman’s sleevenotes for the reissue of Giants of East Africa (Earthworks/Sterns, 2001), an essential release.

Why Na Bimaka and Nanga carry catalogue numbers that don’t follow the sequence is unclear.