Loboko brings a lean, guitar-heavy take on Congolese dance music to Tubby’s, drawing on rumba, soukous and traditional Baluba and Bakongo rhythms. Led by Democratic Republic of Congo-born guitarist ...

The house of Congolese world music legend Papa Wemba has been turned into a museum to rumba – Copyright AFP/File JUNIOR KANNAH Each weekend, dancers stoked on music ...

GOMA, Congo (AP) — For Virginie Magumba, a 22-year-old professional dancer from Goma, in eastern Congo, dancing is more than just a career. “Dancing helps me liberate myself, manage my emotions, and ...

It's been two years since the ill-fated Fathers' Day when Auguste Leonard Malonga, known as "Casquelourd," died suddenly. Now, the time has come for his grown children and friends to say a final ...

The electronic and experimental music band KOKOKO! didn’t record its albums in studios, or even really indoors, in its birthplace of Kinshasa, the sprawling capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

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 ...