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- Opika abstract "Opika was an early record label in the Congo, which recorded and promoted African pop, guitar, and rumba - not only from the Congo, but from Cameroon and Ghana as well. The label also recognized the value of ethnographic recordings, which were featured on a number of their releases. Started by brothers Gabriel Moussa Benetar and Joseph Benetar, from the Greek island of Rhodes, Opika was a prodigious producer of 78 rpm shellac recordings through the late 1950s. The company was initially called \"Kina,\" but the name was subsequently changed to “Opika” from a phrase in Lingala, “opika pende” meaning “stand firm”. The name Opika was chosen in some sense as a challenge to the reiging and monolithic recording house Ngoma that this new recording company was a force to be reckoned with. The label was the first to sign Joseph Kabaselle who, along with other Opika session players Nico and Déchaud formed the band African Jazz, which contributed heavily to the evolving Latin-style Congolese rumba. The label also gave rise to the careers of many early rumba stars in the Congo such as Jhimmy and Paul Mwanga.".
- Opika country Belgian_Congo.
- Opika foundingYear "1949".
- Opika location Kinshasa.
- Opika wikiPageID "42094949".
- Opika wikiPageLength "2800".
- Opika wikiPageOutDegree "15".
- Opika wikiPageRevisionID "697082538".
- Opika wikiPageWikiLink Belgian_Congo.
- Opika wikiPageWikiLink Cameroon.
- Opika wikiPageWikiLink Category:African_record_labels.
- Opika wikiPageWikiLink Category:Defunct_record_labels.
- Opika wikiPageWikiLink Congolese_rumba.
- Opika wikiPageWikiLink Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.
- Opika wikiPageWikiLink Ghana.
- Opika wikiPageWikiLink Kinshasa.
- Opika wikiPageWikiLink Le_Grand_Kallxc3xa9_et_lAfrican_Jazz.
- Opika wikiPageWikiLink Le_Grand_Kallé.
- Opika wikiPageWikiLink Lingala.
- Opika wikiPageWikiLink List_of_record_labels.
- Opika wikiPageWikiLink Ngoma_(record_label).
- Opika wikiPageWikiLink Nico_Kasanda.
- Opika wikiPageWikiLink Paul_Mwanga.
- Opika wikiPageWikiLinkText "Opika Label".
- Opika wikiPageWikiLinkText "Opika".
- Opika country "Belgian Congo".
- Opika founded "1949".
- Opika founder "Gabriel Moussa Benetar and Joseph Benetar".
- Opika genre "African music".
- Opika location "Léopoldville".
- Opika name "Opika".
- Opika status "Defunct".
- Opika wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Africa-record-label-stub.
- Opika wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_record_label.
- Opika wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Opika subject Category:African_record_labels.
- Opika subject Category:Defunct_record_labels.
- Opika hypernym Label.
- Opika type Agent.
- Opika type Company.
- Opika type Organisation.
- Opika type RecordLabel.
- Opika type Organization.
- Opika type Agent.
- Opika type SocialPerson.
- Opika type Thing.
- Opika type Q18127.
- Opika type Q43229.
- Opika comment "Opika was an early record label in the Congo, which recorded and promoted African pop, guitar, and rumba - not only from the Congo, but from Cameroon and Ghana as well. The label also recognized the value of ethnographic recordings, which were featured on a number of their releases. Started by brothers Gabriel Moussa Benetar and Joseph Benetar, from the Greek island of Rhodes, Opika was a prodigious producer of 78 rpm shellac recordings through the late 1950s.".
- Opika label "Opika".
- Opika sameAs Q17134709.
- Opika sameAs m.0_xbz40.
- Opika sameAs Q17134709.
- Opika wasDerivedFrom Opika?oldid=697082538.
- Opika isPrimaryTopicOf Opika.
- Opika name "Opika".