Africa’s leading Congolese Rumba music is now on the list of the world cultural heritage of humanity after the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) admitted the ...
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 ...
African music traveled to the New World with slavery, only to return to Africa in the 1930’s and 40’s via 78 rpm phonograph records, broadcast by Radio Congo Belge in Léopoldville (now Kinshasha), ...
Queen of Mutuashi Tshala Muana during a performance. Over a period of three decades, Tshala captivated the world with Mutuashi, gyrating in ways that some conservatives considered too suggestive ...
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DR Congo has given the official kick-off to a campaign to enshrine Congolese rumba, one of the most popular forms of music in Africa, on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The bid is being ...
The Democratic Republic of Congo has given the official kick-off to a campaign to put Congolese rumba, one of the most popular forms of music in Africa, on Unesco's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
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