The film, starring Fally Ipupa, will be the second ever Oscar submission for Congo since 1997's Macadam Tribu.

Veteran Ugandan actor, playwright and director John Segawa has questioned the future of Afrigo Band following the death of its longtime leader and co-founder, Moses Matovu.Segawa says Matovu was so ...

Fally Ipupa brings Congolese rumba to London’s biggest stage, along with a cultural legacy that spans decades, languages and ...

Rema Links With French-Congolese Rapper Tiakola on 'Best' From New Album 'WpointM' - DancehallMag. Tiakola fans had a hint this was coming. The French-Congolese rapper slipped a tease of his Rema ...

Carlyto Lassa spent years entertaining fans with his distinctive tenor voice in the Congolese rumba scene before making a dramatic turn to gospel music and preaching. The former TP OK Jazz and Choc ...

Dancers stoked on music and alcohol sway each weekend 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 ...

Over half a century ago, a group of Black men living in Philadelphia picked up the claves and conga drums. Directed by Melissa Beatriz and Andrés Cisneros, the film is the first series of the Cultural ...

In 2008, Peruvian director Alan Brain took a job as a full-time filmmaker for the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). While there, he worked on news shows ...

Il fait partie des artistes RFI Talents : le chanteur congolais Balu dévoile son nouvel album Borumba, soit « l'esprit de la rumba ». Un disque dédié à la rumba congolaise des années 1940 à 1970, ...

Fally Ipupa plans a two-part album project combining urban sounds and traditional rumba. The first album “XX” releases on April 17, while “XX Delirium” follows on June 10. The artist targets broader ...

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 ...