Congolese rumba, sometimes called rumba Lingala or rumba Congolais, is likely to join khon, a Thai masked dance drama, khaen music of Laos, chapei dang veng of Cambodia, Cuban son and Dominican ...

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), ...

This record is an aural testament to the circularity of diaspora. It’s the marriage between the Cuban son (which was pretty African to begin with) and African soukous (which was pretty Cuban from the ...

"Ngui-Ngon" appears on Tiers Monde Cooperation's debut LP. Fortunately, sharing music that’s decades past its press cycle is one purpose of this column. The Listener is for whatever we like, and ...

AllAfrica publishes around 600 reports a day from more than 110 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish ...

Versatile and stylish Congolese musician Aurellen Miatsonama Aurlus Mabele was planning a return to the stage when cancer attacked and finally silenced him, bringing an illustrious career spanning ...

Nairobi — Flashback to 1975. Idi Amin's reign of terror in Uganda is at its peak. The crackdowns by the dreaded State Research Bureau spare no one, not even ...

The king of Democratic Republic of Congo's raunchy "soukous" music is the new deputy governor of the capital. Veteran musician Tabu Ley Rochereau told the BBC he wanted to use his skills as a ...

Kukuwa African Dance integrates a blend of African ‘soukous’, Latin ‘merengue’ and Carribean ‘socca’. IMAGINE being transported to an exotic African expedition with the “agbaja”, “hiplife” and ...

The coronavirus has taken the lives of two elderly musicians in Paris: Manu Dibango, a Cameroonian saxophone and vibraphone superstar, and Aurlus Mabele, the king of Congolese soukous music. While ...

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The king of Democratic Republic of Congo's raunchy "soukous" music is the new deputy governor of the capital. Veteran musician Tabu Ley Rochereau told the BBC he wanted to use his skills as a ...