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 ...

The rise of Afrobeats and Amapiano stems from years of effort to redefine African music beyond the vague ‘world music’ label into clear, distinct genres. May is celebrated worldwide as Africa Month, ...

For years Congolese rumba was a continental favourite, but now West African tunes are getting young people dancing from Nairobi to Abidjan. YesI think the latest Afrobeats music is more urbanised. It ...

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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), ...

Crammed Discs comp documents the effects of Cuban son and bossa nova on the Belgian Congo. Save this story Save this story There's a story, possibly apocryphal, that when Paul Simon traveled to South ...

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 ...

A Kenyan legend of '70s East African rumba music, Samba Mapangala was understandably proud when Barack Obama was elected president. He even wrote a song, “Obama Ubarikiwe” roughly translated as “Obama ...

Congo's most famous musician Papa Wemba, gives his first concert in Kinshasa June 26, 2004 in this file photo. REUTERS/ David Lewis ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Congolese rumba music legend Papa Wemba died ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Washington City Paper: Where are the band members from or ...

Congolese rumba music legend Papa Wemba died after collapsing on stage in the Ivory Coast, early Sunday morning. The 67-year old singer, known in the DRC as the King of Rumba Rock, was performing at ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Songbird Faya Tess, Labour Day celebrations, Nairobi, 2019. [George Orido, Standard] Last week came with good news for ...