Twice a week at Hôtel la Crèche in Matongé – one of the most bustling and culturally diverse neighbourhoods in the Congolese capital – the evening becomes a 1960s Kinshasa Rumba spectacle. A rooftop ...

Catalan rumba music dates back to the 1950s, developing among members of the Romani community in Barcelona’s Raval and Gracia neighborhoods. Their style was heavily influenced by flamenco and Latin ...

Africa’s leading Congolese Rumba music is now on the list of the world cultural heritage of humanity after the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) admitted the ...

Dancers stoked on music and alcohol sway each weekend 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 ...

AS YOU CLIMB the dimly lit staircase at La Crèche nightclub in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, you may hear a man’s high, lilting voice drifting from the rooftop. There, ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) recently played host to a remarkable event that underscored the power of music and tourism as tools for diplomacy, youth empowerment, and sustainable growth.

UNESCO has added Congolese rumba to its intangible heritage list, sparking enthusiasm among music and dance fans in both the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Republic of the Congo. The ...

Kinshasa (AFP) – 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 ...