In Kinshasa’s hip bars, the rumba of yesteryear has given way to a modern fusion of Afropop and RnB. The house of Congolese world music legend Papa Wemba has been ...
Some musicians and historians in the Democratic Republic of Congo are hard at work trying to preserve the tradition of Congolese rumba, which was added to UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list ...
For years, Mandosa had been suffering from a mild stroke and had been receiving treatment in the United States where he lived [Courtesy] Nene Mbendi Mandosa, a leading Democratic Republic of Congo ...
If you frequent entertainment spots or love rhumba, you might have noticed that this weekend is playing more music by the late Franco Luambo Luanzo Makiadi. What many might not know is the rhumba and ...