Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EXCLUSIVE: Pathé Touch Afrique has acquired pan-African rights on historical thriller Rumba Royale, starring Congolese superstar ...

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, ...

Tabu Ley Rochereau, a giant in the rarified world of Congolese rumba, has, in the words of Hamlet, shuffled off this mortal coil. He was 73. Born 1940 in Banningville, a small village in the western ...

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 ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Congolese rumba maestro Fally Ipupa about his new album Formule 7. Congolese rumba maestro Fally Ipupa on his new album 'Formule 7' AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Fally Ipupa is ...

Congolese rumba has long been a source of national pride, with the UNESCO-listed musical genre keeping the country dancing for generations. But now, as younger Congolese listen more to Afropop and RnB ...

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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 ...

Fally Ipupa is taking the Congo global. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "FORMULE 7") FALLY IPUPA: (Singing in non-English language). RASCOE: That's "Formule 7," the title track from Fally Ipupa's latest album.