With their Na Bado style, they are curving a niche for themselves in modern rumba. Bandleader and animator Kigusile Mulenda, popularly known as ‘Hon Mapumzi’, and his Success Classique Band perform ...

The survival of Rumba as the popular sound of East and Central Africa is facing a threat from the dominance of other African pop sounds that have transformed to meet the demands of the continent's ...

Gaborone — Weaving musical bridges that connect traditional and modern rumba dance music with, funk, and world beat rhythms, Afro Rhumba Stars, behind the creative energy of the Identical Twins, Paul ...

Kinshasa (AFP) – The band strikes up the rumba, and the dance floor in Kinshasa fills with couples who sway to its slinky, sensual rhythm. Rumba is a music that has an international following, ...

When you look at Congolese music the question that comes into mind is whether it ever reached its full potential and whether it is a reflection of what Congo as a country has become. For a country ...