Fally Ipupa Discusses Debut Acting Role In ‘Rumba Royale’ — AfroBerlin
Fally Ipupa dialed in to AfroBerlin to talk about his first acting role in Rumba Royale and the Congolese superstar said that ...
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The sounds of Kinshasa
Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is one of Africa's centres for music. With a population ...
How the CIA used jazz greats as cover for a 1961 coup in Africa
Johan Grimonprez uses archival footage of the period to expose the CIA-backed assassination of Congo leader Patrice Lumumba ...
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Congo-Kinshasa: Mpox in the DRC - Residents of the Slum At the Centre of Kinshasa's Epidemic Have Little Chance of Avoiding This Major Health Crisis
Walking through the crowded streets of the Pakadjuma neighbourhood in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo ... crowd the settlement. Loud rumba music blasts through the air ...
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Congo-Brazzaville: Soundtrack to a Coup d'État - Neocolonialism and Resistance
Interview - Director Johan Grimonprez discusses Soundtrack to a Coup d'État, his powerful exploration of Congo's decolonization struggle, in conversation with Peter Mertens, Belgian political leader ...
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Mpox in the DRC: residents of the slum at the centre of Kinshasa’s epidemic have little chance of avoiding this major health crisis
Walking through the crowded streets of the Pakadjuma neighbourhood in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo ... crowd the settlement. Loud rumba music blasts through the air ...
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Mpox in the DRC: Kinshasa slum residents have little chance of avoiding this major health crisis
Walking through the crowded streets of the Pakadjuma neighborhood in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo ... crowd the settlement. Loud rumba music blasts through the air ...
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How the CIA used jazz greats as cover for a 1961 coup in Africa
History is a playlist crackling with fire and intrigue in “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat.” The film’s heady 2½ hours are as thick with detail as a graduate seminar yet bustle like a TikTok ...
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How the CIA used jazz greats as cover for a 1961 coup in Africa
The music, which also spotlights the role of Congolese rumba in pan-African liberation, functions not as mere soundtrack but what Grimonprez calls a “historical agent.” “There’s such ...
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Simmers: Last chapter for bar that became a twilight zone, beer den and place of raw power
It was a perpetual hub of life, laughter, and live music, where the pulsating beats of Congolese Rumba set the tone for endless nights of revelry.Simmers also became the unofficial annex of the ...
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Shwashwi: The good, the bad and the ridiculous at this year’s Sona
The State of the Nation Address (Sona) is without a doubt the biggest social event on the political calendar. Hence ...