The house of Congolese world music legend Papa Wemba has been turned into a museum to rumba – Copyright AFP/File JUNIOR KANNAH Each weekend, dancers stoked on music ...
Africa’s leading Congolese Rumba music is now on the list of the world cultural heritage of humanity after the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) admitted the ...
AS YOU CLIMB the dimly lit staircase at La Crèche nightclub in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, you may hear a man’s high, lilting voice drifting from the rooftop. There, ...
New York — In March, 2002, surviving pioneers of Africa's most beloved dance music--Congolese rumba--came together in a Kinshasa recording studio to recapture the glorious, sensuous music of their ...
Congolese Rumba is the glorious musical hybrid of Cuban music fused with African DNA. It started back in the 1950s with a boatload of 78 rpm Cuban records featuring Arsenio Rodriguez, Orquesta Aragón, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Congolese musician Fally Ipupa performing at Wembley Arena last night Fally Ipupa is a superstar of African music. Hailing from ...
This summer the Bronx Music Heritage Center (BMHC) will present a series of music performances, a film screening, and moderated conversations exploring the many Congolese influences in Caribbean music ...
Four outstanding albums for the New Year two from Congo, one each from Guinea and Mali each coloured to some degree by crossborder, crosscultural traffic, but each remaining deeply and authentically ...
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DRC: Musicians work to preserve Congolese rumba
Here in Kinshasa, some musicians are keeping alive the traditions of Congolese rumba, a genre of music that experts believe dates back to the time before European colonialism. The music is more than ...
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