Music
Zaïko Langa Langa: the 1969 Kinshasa student band that reshaped Congolese rumba
Zaïko Langa Langa was founded in Kinshasa in December 1969 by young musicians who gave Congolese rumba a…
Papa Wemba
Music
The slow soukous of tcha tcho and a sold-out Bercy: Koffi Olomidé’s long reign in Congolese music
Koffi Olomidé, born Antoine Christophe Agbepa Mumba in Kisangani in 1956, introduced the slower soukous style known as…
Arts + Culture
Papa Wemba collapsed on stage in Abidjan in 2016. The King of Rumba Rock had been performing for nearly fifty years
On 24 April 2016, Congolese star Papa Wemba collapsed on stage at the FEMUA festival in Abidjan and…