title: Yondo Sister
text: # Yondo Sister
  
  Denise Kusala Yondo (born 1958), known professionally as Yondo Sister is a Congolese musician mainly associated with the soukous genre of music and the kwassa kwassa dance. She is often referred to as "the queen of soukous" or "the queen of rumba".
  
  ## Early life
  
  She was born in the city of Bukavu, in a musical family, the daughter of a Congolese father and a Belgian-Congolese mother.
  
  ## Career
  
  She began her career as a singer in Tabu Ley Rochereau's band L'afrisa International, alongside her sister, Chantal Yondo. She initially planned to become a dancer and credits Rochereau with her switch to a musical career.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Yondo currently resides in Paris.
  
  ## Discography
  
  * FBI (2001)
  * Agenda (2002)
  * Dernière Minute(1995)
  * Deviation (1993)
  * Bazo (1991)
  * Planete (1999)
  * Agenda (2003)
  