Congolese rumba, sometimes called rumba Lingala or rumba Congolais, is likely to join khon, a Thai masked dance drama, khaen music of Laos, chapei dang veng of Cambodia, Cuban son and Dominican ...

One afternoon nearly a decade ago, my older sister Binetou joined me in the kitchen of our new home and handed me an album. With equal amounts urgency and excitement, she told me that I must listen to ...

Lokassa and the Soukous Stars. That is what the name of the group would have been. It was a textbook; Franco and TP OK Jazz, Tabu Ley and Afrisa Internationale, Verckys and Veve, Aurlus Mabele and ...

"Ngui-Ngon" appears on Tiers Monde Cooperation's debut LP. Fortunately, sharing music that’s decades past its press cycle is one purpose of this column. The Listener is for whatever we like, and ...

Versatile and stylish Congolese musician Aurellen Miatsonama Aurlus Mabele was planning a return to the stage when cancer attacked and finally silenced him, bringing an illustrious career spanning ...

Rubbish is arguably the most creative juice Congolese music has served its insatiable listeners world over. Yes, rubbish, for that is what atalaku originally meant really. Started in 1980, this ...

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Congolese musician Aurellen Miatsonama Aurlus Mabele. Versatile and stylish Congolese musician Aurellen Miatsonama Aurlus Mabele was planning a return to the stage when cancer attacked and finally ...

His up-tempo hits and high-wattage performances were highlighted by spectacular dance moves. He contracted the coronavirus and died in Paris. By Abdi Latif Dahir This obituary is part of a series ...

Versatile and talented Paris-based Congolese singer and dancer Yondo Kusala Sister is in Nairobi on a private visit. But the former Soukous Stars band member, best known for her Bazo hit song will not ...

In eighth grade, Elena Soukous and her family visited Greece. It was nothing out of the ordinary, they go fairly often to visit Soukous’s grandparents, who live in Athens. But on the beach one day on ...