The Franco-Namibian Cultural Centre (FNCC) will honour the legendary Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba, famously known as Papa Wemba, with a captivating performance that is sure to inspire fans of ...

Global Village celebrates the birthdays of Jorge Santana (guitarist and cofounder of Malo) and Baaba Maal (Senegalese guitarist and singer). We continue the June Congolese Rumba feature with one of ...

Since his 2014 debut LP Le Dernier Empereur Bantou, Pierre Kwenders has been an invaluable force in Canadian music with his experimental and playful approach to Congolese rumba. Today, Kwenders is ...

Pierre Kwenders—the Congolese-born and Montreal-based musician and songwriter—has announced a new album. José Louis and the Paradox of Love is out April 29 via Arts & Crafts. It follows 2017’s Makanda ...

Global Village remembers one of the great voices of African music, Papa Wemba, on his birthday. The show features music from Zaiko Langa Langa, a popular group he cofounded and where he first rose to ...

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Legendary Congolese music pioneer Papa Wemba was born on this day in 1949. Known as the “King of Rumba Rock”, Papa Wemba is fondly remembered for his rich blend of African, Cuban and Western sounds ...

Ivory Coast honored the late-Congolese music legend Papa Wemba with a memorial plaque Tuesday. “Papa Wemba had left a rich and varied musical testimonial for posterity and whose anthology is a true ...