Werrason made his comeback to the Arena Grand Paris after being away from Europe for 14 years. The concert drew over 7,000 ...

The Oscar-nominated documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat recounts the events leading up to Black American jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach's ...

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 ...

And that is also why Nikita Khrushchev shouted and banged his shoe in the General Assembly: because of the Congo crisis.” While these musicians were sent out as propaganda instruments, they were not ...

Delcat Idengo, well-known for his critical songs, died after releasing a track condemning the city's rebel occupation.

A Feb. 6 concert held in Tulsa, Oklahoma, honored the life and contributions to rock 'n' roll of famed Native guitarist ...

Soundtrack to a Coup d’État is a phenomenal film—brilliantly crafted. Johan Grimonprez unearths truths about the overthrow of ...

Idengo was renowned for his politically charged songs that criticized both the government and rebels. His latest track, Bunduki (Swahili for “weapon”), condemned the rebel occupation of Goma.

Likewise, in Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, music is at the forefront of events that aren't as well known as the Nazi's rise to ...

Congo, where the city is located, is thought to be one of the world's most linguistically diverse nations, with more than 200 ...

Follow IOL's coverage as South Africa prepares for President Cyril Ramaphosa's SONA 2025 and traffic disruptions in Cape Town ...