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It hardly seems possible two years have passed.
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More than two years.
It was Father’s Day 2003 when Malonga Casquelourd, internationally renowned drummer and dancer, was killed in a head-on collision with a drunken driver in Oakland. Casquelourd, 55, was such a Bay Area institution for so long, his presence was so large, it doesn’t seem possible he has been gone that long.
But he has, at least in body. On Saturday his family and the numerous artists he worked with will present a celebration of his life, called a Malaki Matanga.
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“Malaki Matanga is the name of the traditional Congolese ceremony,” said Kiazi Malonga, his oldest son. “It is the celebration of the end of mourning when someone passes.”
Because Casquelourd was so involved with the arts, the family decided to combine the traditional ceremony with a performance.
“It will show the collaboration of all the areas, artists, styles and cultures he touched and worked with,&rd