To put it simply, Alain Makaba is a genius of the highest kind when it comes to Soukouss guitar playing. During his decade-long tenure in the nineties as the lead/solo guitarist in the band Wenge ...

Local officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have said that 30 people have been killed in a deadly stampede at a tribute festival for popular singer, King Kester Emeneya over the weekend.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) owes much of its global renown to its music, reflecting its cultural diversity. The DR Congolese music scene is incredibly diverse and dynamic, encompassing ...

When it was first reported that rhumba maestro Koffi Olomide had thrown his hat into the political ring, many treated it as an April Fool’s Day stunt around the continent. The first burst of the news ...

AFRICA’S LEGENDARY STADIUMS (3/4). The Pentecost Martyrs Stadium in the north of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) capital was the setting chosen by the incumbent (and eventually victorious) ...

THE early 1970s was the era of the guitar craze in Africa and, behind the alien sound of the Fender Stratocaster guitar that dictated terms in radio airwaves, was the left-handed Jimi Marshall Hendrix ...

Antoine Christophe Agbepa Mumba is not done yet. The Congolese musician known professionally as Koffi Olomidé has crowned himself the greatest of all time. “I’m the greatest of all time,” Koffi told a ...

Veteran Congolese saxophonist and music producer Verckys Kiamuangana Mateta was on Monday given a befitting final sendoff in Kinshasa at a funeral attended by fellow leading musicians, other ...

Local communities in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo, have long endured the ravages of local ravines, without government assistance. Their political marginalisation and distrust of the ...

Kinshasha - Several people died in a stampede in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday during a tribute festival for the late African singer King Kester Emeneya, the local government said. Crowds ...

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More than 20 people were killed on Friday in south western Congo when generators failed during a festival honouring a popular singer, plunging the stadium into darkness and causing a stampede, ...