The streets of Kinshasa are alive with the sound of music in Benda Bilili!, an unabashed crowd-pleaser that tracks the inspiring journey of a tight, hard-working ensemble that once slept on sheets of ...

FILE - In this May 4, 2012 file photo, the Pedrito Martinez Group performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans. Martinez and the Red Baraat rhythms band are among the acts ...

Stay Strong: A Musician’s Journey from Congo is the true story of Gentil Misigaro, a young Congolese man who fled the constant violence and warfare of his country to settle as a refugee in Winnipeg.

His new album is MAKANDA at The End of Space, the Beginning of Time, and one could say that Pierre Kwenders is somewhere between those two points. The style of the Congolese-Canadian Montrealer is a ...

Congolese songwriter Mapumba is one of the strongest new voices out of Africa, an artist who knows what he wants and won’t accept compromises. When he couldn’t find a producer who shared his musical ...

In 2008, Peruvian director Alan Brain took a job as a full-time filmmaker for the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). While there, he worked on news shows ...

A Winnipeg music and film producer is heading to Congo to implement a music program that aims to help rape victims in that country heal. Darcy Ataman is travelling to the African country later this ...

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Congolese rumba music legend Papa Wemba died after collapsing on stage in the Ivory Coast in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to the private morgue where his body was ...

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Seven Congolese musicians detained during a raid on a pro-democracy meeting were released on Thursday, a day after four foreign activists accused of fomenting unrest were expelled ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. It costs between Sh600,000 and Sh700,000 to transport a body to DRC, which is beyond the ...

Koffi Olomide, one of Africa's most popular singers, has been given a three-month suspended prison sentence for assaulting his producer. Koffi Olomide, one of Africa's most popular singers, has been ...