Kokoko! are a musical collective with a new, raw sound produced entirely on instruments made from recycled scrap material. They've shaken up dancefloors in their native Kinshasa, now they're turning ...

Under the High Patronage of Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa will host the first-ever World Music and Tourism Festival. UN Tourism joins the ...

When times are tight for Congolese musicians, it helps to drop the names of wealthy businessmen or dignitaries into your songs...for a small fee of course. Twice a week at Hôtel la Crèche in Matongé - ...

The social, political and economic influences that have contributed in the dominance of Congolese rumba as a global musical genre make for a compelling story. Research studies, books and films have ...

Thousands of fans paid a final tearful tribute to Congolese "rumba king" Papa Wemba at a requiem mass in Kinshasa on Wednesday where his songs were played, before he is laid to rest. Papa Wemba was a ...

Legend. Kanda Bongo Man was for years not allowed to step inside Kenya as rumours flew around that he had been caught in the arms of a powerful politician’s mistress. FILE PHOTO Across Africa, and ...

Life on the streets is grim and desperate, said “Business,” a homeless teen in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DR Congo) capital, Kinshasa. “Your body ends up worn out,” he said, describing a ...

The video for Mbongwana Star’s debut single, Malukayi, was a mysterious and rather compelling thing. Figures loom out of a low-lit, smoke-wreathed gloom: a dancer, a frantic percussionist, a couple of ...

The Kinshasa Orchestra's musical journey is long and heart-warming – do try to catch them on this week's UK tour, says John Allison The Kinshasa Symphony Orchestra are about to embark on their biggest ...

Under the High Patronage of His Excellency Mr. Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa will host the first-ever World Music and Tourism Festival ...

Excitement is at an all-time high in Kinshasa as the Democratic Republic of the Congo prepares to officially launch the first World Music and Tourism Festival today, under the theme 'The Rumba Route ...

Excitement is at an all-time high in Kinshasa as the Democratic Republic of the Congo prepares to officially launch the first World Music and Tourism Festival today, under the theme 'The Rumba Route ...