The murder of Patrice Lumumba in January 1961 turned him into one of the most famous political martyrs of the 20th century. His country, the Congo, sat astride the belly of a continent and had seen ...

This year has seen the untimely deaths of two of the world’s most important cultural ambassadors. The Congolese rumba composer and TPOK Jazz singer Pepe Ndombe Opetum passed on around the same time we ...

Central Africa's Democratic Republic of Congo is about the last place one would expect to find a symphony orchestra. Its civil war has raged for generations and monthly incomes there wouldn't be ...

They call him the voice of the Congo. His name is Shiko Mawatu and through his music, his working hard to bring attention to his homeland, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and to its people ...

In a field in central Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, 36,000 people last weekend got the chance to forget fears about insecurity and enjoy some top African music acts at the ...

In a field in central Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, 36,000 people last weekend got the chance to forget fears about insecurity and enjoy some top African music acts at the ...

Mourning fans attend the burial rites of legendary Congolese singer Papa Wemba, born Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba, at the Necropole Entre Terre et Ciel cemetery on the outskirts of the ...

Bobby Womack performing at the Congo Square stage during the New Orleans Jazz Fest Sunday, May 4, 2014. Bobby Womack performing at the Congo Square stage during the New Orleans Jazz Fest Sunday, May 4 ...