Fally Ipupa dialed in to AfroBerlin to talk about his first acting role in Rumba Royale and the Congolese superstar said that ...

Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is one of Africa's centres for music. With a population ...

Johan Grimonprez uses archival footage of the period to expose the CIA-backed assassination of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba ...

Walking through the crowded streets of the Pakadjuma neighbourhood in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo ... crowd the settlement. Loud rumba music blasts through the air ...

Interview - Director Johan Grimonprez discusses Soundtrack to a Coup d'État, his powerful exploration of Congo's decolonization struggle, in conversation with Peter Mertens, Belgian political leader ...

Walking through the crowded streets of the Pakadjuma neighbourhood in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo ... crowd the settlement. Loud rumba music blasts through the air ...

Walking through the crowded streets of the Pakadjuma neighborhood in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo ... crowd the settlement. Loud rumba music blasts through the air ...

History is a playlist crackling with fire and intrigue in “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat.” The film’s heady 2½ hours are as thick with detail as a graduate seminar yet bustle like a TikTok ...

The music, which also spotlights the role of Congolese rumba in pan-African liberation, functions not as mere soundtrack but what Grimonprez calls a “historical agent.” “There’s such ...

It was a perpetual hub of life, laughter, and live music, where the pulsating beats of Congolese Rumba set the tone for endless nights of revelry.Simmers also became the unofficial annex of the ...

The State of the Nation Address (Sona) is without a doubt the biggest social event on the political calendar. Hence ...