The heady beats of Congolese rumba were hailed by UNESCO on Tuesday as it added the central African music and dance to its list of global cultural treasures. DAKAR, Dec 14 (Reuters) - The heady beats ...

KINSHASA, Oct 6 – Perched on a corner of the stage at La Septente, an open-air club in Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa, Manda Chante sings the lilting opening to “Independence Cha Cha” ...

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 ...

Fally Ipupa is a superstar of African music. Hailing from the Democratic Republic of Congo, his songs have had over a billion YouTube views and Forbes magazine has listed him as one of the continent’s ...

Congolese Rumba is the glorious musical hybrid of Cuban music fused with African DNA. It started back in the 1950s with a boatload of 78 rpm Cuban records featuring Arsenio Rodriguez, Orquesta Aragón, ...

Trumpeters from the Bana OK band play at La Septante club in the Kasa-Vubu quarter of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. (Courtesy/Reuters) The heady beats of Congolese rumba were hailed by ...

DAKAR, Dec 14 (Reuters) - The heady beats of Congolese rumba were hailed by UNESCO on Tuesday as it added the central African music and dance to its list of global cultural treasures. The Democratic ...