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 ...

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 ...

KAMPALA, Uganda, September 25 (UNHCR) - Music has always been part of Jeremiah Mbaha's life, even when he had almost nothing. "I have been singing since my childhood. I could sing anything and I could ...

For 25 years, Friends of the Congo has worked to pull back the curtain on one of the world's most resource-rich yet persistently impoverished nations -- the Democratic Republic of Congo. Through ...

"The Integral language of Black Africa" by Leopold Sedar Senghor. Program notes, and texts (in Bantu with English translations) bound into each container. Recorded in: Fort Rousset (Congo (Brazzaville ...

Congolese icon Fally Ipupa releases the music video for "Doucement" with Joé Dwèt Filé. Produced by Joé Dwèt Filé for Elektra France. Listen, stream, buy the track, mp3 download.

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Congolese actor and musician Anzor Alem is among the performers of the film Rumba ...

Papa Wemba won a world following with his soukous rock music and remained one of Africa's most popular musicians until his death. According to a report by BBC, the 66-years old music star collapsed on ...

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 ...