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: (Singing in non-English language). RASCOE: That's "Formule 7," the title track from Fally Ipupa's latest album. And he joins us now from Paris. Welcome to the program. IPUPA: Yes, thank ...

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 ...

NGOMA HERITAGE Local Congolese-American drummer Kiazi Malonga is the son of Malonga Casquelourd, founder of Fua Dia Congo, the Oakland-based dance-and-drum group that introduced Congolese music and ...

GALESBURG — The city of Galesburg will hold its very first Lipanda Day, a celebration focused on Congolese “culture and integration,” on Saturday, July 2. The event will take place from 2-6 p.m. in ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. “West Central Africa, popularly known as Congo or Bantu, brought a trove of ideas ...

While most people are mourning the tragic death of Prince, I just found out that another great musician died earlier today. Congolese superstar PapaWemba was performing onstage in Abidjan, Ivory Coast ...

In Kinshasa’s hip bars, the rumba of yesteryear has given way to a modern fusion of Afropop and RnB. The house of Congolese world music legend Papa Wemba has been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The house of Congolese world music legend Papa Wemba has been turned into a museum to rumba (JUNIOR KANNAH) (JUNIOR KANNAH/AFP/AFP ...

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 ...