Music
The singer who sang with both Franco and Tabu Ley: Sam Mangwana
Sam Mangwana, born in Léopoldville (now Kinshasa) in 1945 to Angolan parents, sang with both of Congolese rumba's…
Afrisa International
Music
The Queen of African Rumba: how Mbilia Bel became Afrisa International’s star voice
Mbilia Bel, born Marie-Claire Mboyo Moseka in Kinshasa in 1959, joined Tabu Ley Rochereau's Afrisa International in 1981…
Arts + Culture
Tabu Ley Rochereau took Congolese rumba to the Paris Olympia in 1970. He later served in government
Tabu Ley Rochereau, one of the great voices of Congolese rumba, performed at the Olympia in Paris in…