Popular Congolese musician Tshala Muana of Karibu Yangu hit song is dead. The artiste, whose official name is Elizabeth Tshala Muana Muidikay, died on Saturday morning, December 10 in Kinshasa, the ...

KINSHASA, March 19 (Reuters) - Seven Congolese musicians detained during a raid on a pro-democracy meeting were released on Thursday, a day after four foreign activists accused of fomenting unrest ...

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congo's sweltering riverside capital is more accustomed to the pulsating rhythms of some of Africa's most famous Soukous and Rumba musicians than the more genteel strains of ...

Inside the Goma Cultural Center in Congo, dozens of guitars once used to teach Goma’s youth hang silently on the wall. The center, once known as a gathering place for musicians and artists who want to ...

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), ...

While most people are mourning the tragic death of Prince, I just found out that another great musician died earlier today. Congolese superstar PapaWemba was performing onstage in Abidjan, Ivory Coast ...

KAMPALA, Uganda, September 25 (UNHCR) - Music has always been part of Jeremiah Mbaha's life, even when he had almost nothing. "I have been singing since my childhood. I could sing anything and I could ...

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 cultures.

Congolese guitarist Papa Noel Nedule will finally be laid to rest today in Kinshasa, DR Congo. The former TP OK Jazz musician's body arrived in Kinshasa on Tuesday evening from Paris, where he died ...

This is my country: jubilant Congolese citizen Ambroise Boimbo seizes the ceremonial sword of Belgium's King Baudouin I (in white) in Léopoldville (Kinshasa) on 29 ...