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 ...

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In a career spanning half a century, Tabu Ley Rochereau did as much as, or more than, any other musician to popularise rumba Congolaise ("Congolese rumba"), expanding its format and stylistic palette ...

But none of that music can match the appeal that was created by Franco Luambo Makiadi's Rumba Congolaise music which dominated African popular music scene in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. TPOK Jazz band ...