Corneille Akilimali Bufole (August 4, 1992), better known as Cor Akim, is a Congolese singer, songwriter, pianist and worship leader, born in Bukavu, capital of South Kivu Province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and based in Nairobi in Kenya.<ref name="lefigaro">"Cor Akim, un rappeur anti-Kabila de 26 ans kidnappé à l'est de la République démocratique du Congo", Le Figaro"', December 9. Retrieved December 27, 2018.</ref>
Biography
Cor Akim was born on August 4, 1992, in Bukavu, South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo. After having accompanied Lokua Kanza on stage during a campaign against sexual violence in February 2014, organized by the global activist movement V-Day, Cor Akim decided to record his first album "Homme de rêve", featured songs like Sorry really and Mwasi in 2016 which revealed him to the public in the both provinces of North and South Kivu.
In 2018, he dropped the song Mon Vote, which is about the 2018 presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This song is said to be the cause of his abduction during the electoral campaign the night of December 8 to 9, 2018 after a karaoke evening where he was invited. Ever since, Akim relocated to Kenya due to security issues and shifted to gospel music with his first song "Glory" released in July 2019, followed by "Abba" in 2020 and "Mkuu" on August 1, 2022.
Discography
Album studio
2016 : The Greatest
2014 : Hommes de rêves
Singles
2018 : Mon vote
2018 : Tu peux compter sur moi
2017 : Un de plus grands
2017 : Kiuno chako
2016 : Mwasi
2016 : Sorry Really
2016 : Ma femme
2016 : Mama
2016 : Mea culpa
2016 : Tuijenge Congo
2016 : Je suis Kivu
2015 : Chrismas wishes
2019 : Te rencontrer
2019 : Et si tu pouvais
2019 : Glory
2020 : Abba
2022 : Mkuu
Collaborations
2017 : Nipe – Big Denty ft. Cor Akim
2015 : Umoja Bondeni – Voldie Mapenzi ft. Cor Akim, Kinjaah
2015 : You and I – Kinjaah ft. Cor Akim
Awards
2012 : Best male pianist in South Kivu, which earned him his first international appearance in a publication of the RNW (Radio Netherland Worldwide), under his former name, that of Corneille Akim. 2016 : Kivu Top5: Sorry Really'' Best song in Kivu at the RTNK (Radio TV Ngoma ya Kivu).