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Kwenders is the co-founder of Moonshine, a Montreal-based collective that spotlights the culture and music of the African ...

When they strut around town, all heads turn. When they hop onto stage for a performance, the audience gets electrified. From Kanda Bongoman to General Defao, the late Luambo Makiadi (Franco), Fally ...

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 ...

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), ...

BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo, March 25 (Reuters) - Police in eastern Congo killed two people on Tuesday when they opened fire on mourners at the funeral of a slain singer known for denouncing ...

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Congolese rumba music legend Papa Wemba died after collapsing on stage in the Ivory Coast in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to the private morgue where his body was ...

Congolese music star Papa Wemba has died at the age of 66. The band leader, real name Jules Shungu Webadio, collapsed on stage in Abidjan in the Ivory Coast, France 24 confirmed. What to Read Next ...