Dancers stoked on music and alcohol sway each weekend to the old hits on the decrepit rooftop terrace of Kinshasa's venerable ...

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, ...

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Tabu Ley Rochereau, a giant in the rarified world of Congolese rumba, has, in the words of Hamlet, shuffled off this mortal coil. He was 73. Born 1940 in Banningville, a small village in the western ...

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The United Nations' cultural agency UNESCO on Tuesday added the Congolese rumba dance to its intangible cultural heritage list, sparking delight in the Democratic Republic of Congo and ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lengol and Mobasser describe the film as a love letter to the Congo, Congolese rumba, and African cinema. "We have always believed ...

Carlyto Lassa, the iconic Congolese rumba and gospel singer, collapsed in Cincinnati, Ohio, leaving a profound legacy and a ...

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 ...

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