Papa Wemba, one of Africa's greatest music stars, died Sunday after collapsing on stage during a festival in Ivory Coast. The ...

When Mbilia Bel released ‘Nakei Nairobi,' meaning “I have gone to Nairobi," the song became a major hit across East Africa, particularly in Kenya, where Congolese rumba dominated dance floors and ...

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 ...

FALLY IPUPA: (Singing in non-English language). RASCOE: That's "Formule 7," the title track from Fally Ipupa's latest album. And he joins us now from Paris. Welcome to the program. IPUPA: Yes, thank ...

Congolese singer and songwriter Agressivo Nyandoro has identified Nigeria as one of the African markets he hopes to reach as he seeks to expand his music beyond the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The other day, while checking out the various (and many) African internet radio stations on Radio Garden, I zoomed over to Congo and discovered Radio Digital Congo/Radio Okapi (digitalcongo.net), ...

Congolese gospel singer Mike Kalambayi was performing at Kinshasa's Stade des Martyrs. By Associated Press Seven people were killed and many others were injured during a stampede at a music concert in ...

Amid singing, clapping and dancing to traditional Congolese music, Pope Francis celebrated the Zaire Use of the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite in St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday. The Pope began his ...

This year has seen the untimely deaths of two of the world’s most important cultural ambassadors. The Congolese rumba composer and TPOK Jazz singer Pepe Ndombe Opetum passed on around the same time we ...