Femua opens May 10-15 with a dozen artists including Youssoupha
The Anoumabo Urban Music Festival (Femua), organized each year by the famous Ivorian group Magic System, will bring together a dozen artists including the French […]
Papa Wemba
Congolese rumba listed as intangible heritage of humanity
Since Tuesday evening, the Congolese rumba is officially part of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity. A decision taken by UNESCO, meeting this week to […]
Congo Buries King of Rumba Music
Papa Wemba, the king of rumba has finally been buried on Wednesday at a cemetery in the capital of his native Democratic Republic of Congo […]
Ivorian Music Band Magic System Lost its Drummer
Death hit another musician in Africa. Magic System’s 46-year-old Didier Bonaventure Deigna popularly known as Pepito died on Sunday in Côte d’Ivoire, a week after […]
DRC: Rumba King Starts his Last Journey
The body of Papa Wemba, the Congolese King of Rumba music, has arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, local media reported. Hundreds […]