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, ...

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 ...

The other day, while checking out the various (and many) African internet radio stations on Radio Garden, I zoomed over to Congo and discovered Radio Digital Congo/Radio Okapi (digitalcongo.net), ...

Fally Ipupa is taking the Congo global. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "FORMULE 7") FALLY IPUPA: (Singing in non-English language). RASCOE: That's "Formule 7," the title track from Fally Ipupa's latest album.

Last week came with good news for Africa as Congolese rumba music won Unesco protected status. It joined other living traditions such as Jamaican Reggae on Unesco’s intangible cultural heritage of ...

Congolese rumba music legend Papa Wemba dies after collapsing on stage in Ivory Coast while performing at FEMUA 2016 festival ...

Each weekend, dancers stoked on music and alcohol sway to the old hits on the decrepit rooftop terrace of Kinshasa's venerable La Creche bar like little has changed in the Congolese capital since the ...

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Congolese music star Papa Wemba performs during the Femua music festival in Abidjan on April 24, 2016 before collapsing on stage. [AFP] Each weekend, dancers stoked on music and alcohol sway to the ...