Kokoko! make incandescent get-down music from Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The city ...

Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is one of Africa's centres for music. With a population estimated at 17 million, the city is a melting pot of ethnicities and ...

Yesteryear musician Lucky Chikuwa may not turn heads on the streets today, but he remains an undeniable creative genius.His artistry as a natural composer, dancer, music teacher, and choreographer has ...

Patrice Lumumba, who helped lead Congo’s struggle from a Belgian colony ... “Musicians like Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach, who were both a part of that civil rights movement, used music as a political ...

Congo has been plagued by war for nearly three decades. Millions of people have been displaced, and rape has consistently ...

This weekend, the group entered the gold-trading center of Bukavu in eastern Congo after government soldiers fled. By Elian Peltier and Justin Makangara Elian Peltier reported from Dakar ...

“It’s a disgrace. Some citizens have fallen victim to stray bullets,” said a 25-year-old resident who said soldiers had taken part in looting. The Congo River Alliance, a coalition of rebel ...

Cimafunk, a 35-year-old musician dubbed a "global ambassador" for Cuban music, has earned Grammy nominations three years in a ...

During the Cold War, the US State Department sent jazz artists like Louis Armstrong and Dizzie Gillespie to countries in Africa on a goodwill tour. Meanwhile, the United States was also cooperating ...

Rwandan-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Congo River Alliance, a group of rebel outfits including M23, said in a statement its ...

Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu ...