EXCLUSIVE: Pathé Touch Afrique has acquired pan-African rights on historical thriller Rumba Royale, starring Congolese superstar Fally Ipupa, and set a December 12 release date. The eagerly awaited ...

Congolese Rumba is the glorious musical hybrid of Cuban music fused with African DNA. It started back in the 1950s with a boatload of 78 rpm Cuban records featuring Arsenio Rodriguez, Orquesta Aragón, ...

In Kinshasa’s hip bars, the rumba of yesteryear has given way to a modern fusion of Afropop and RnB. The house of Congolese world music legend Papa Wemba has been ...

Tabu Ley Rochereau, a giant in the rarified world of Congolese rumba, has, in the words of Hamlet, shuffled off this mortal coil. He was 73. Born 1940 in Banningville, a small village in the western ...

Congolese rumba has long been a source of national pride, with the UNESCO-listed musical genre keeping the country dancing for generations. But now, as younger Congolese listen more to Afropop and RnB ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Congolese rumba maestro Fally Ipupa about his new album Formule 7. Congolese rumba maestro Fally Ipupa on his new album 'Formule 7' AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Fally Ipupa is ...

Fally Ipupa dialed in to AfroBerlin to talk about his first acting role in Rumba Royale and the Congolese superstar said that having tried his hand at acting, he’s up for more. Rumba Royale is an ...

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 capital since the ...

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 capital since the ...

Congolese music star Papa Wemba performs during the Femua music festival in Abidjan on April 24, 2016 before collapsing on stage. [AFP] Each weekend, dancers stoked on music and alcohol sway to the ...