TSHALA MWANA AMAZING DANCING SKILLS AUGUST 198I. Elisabeth Muidikayi Tshala Muana began her career in Kinshasa in 1977 as a dancer and chorister. She danced first for her female idol Mpongo Love then for Abeti Masikini and finally for the group Minzoto Wela Wella. Since 1978, she has also been composing her own songs in Tshiluba, the vernacular language of her region of origin: Kasaï. She was 23 years old and had eight "