In his 40-year music career, Franco, as he was commonly known, had more than 100 albums and about a thousand songs to his name. His style of music, a blend of Cuban rumba and authentic Congolese ...

Each weekend, dancers stoked on music and alcohol sway to the old hits on the decrepit rooftop terrace of Kinshasa's venerable La Creche bar like little has changed in the Congolese capital since the ...

Here in Kinshasa, some musicians are keeping alive the traditions of Congolese rumba, a genre of music that experts believe dates back to the time before European colonialism. The music is more than ...