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Music Of The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
Congolese music is one of the most influential Music of Africa, music forms of the African continent. Since the 1930s, Congolese musicians have had a huge impact on the African musical scene and elsewhere. Many contemporary genres of music, such as Benga music, Kenyan Benga and Champeta, Colombian Champeta, have been heavily influenced by Congolese music. In 2021, Congolese rumba joined other living traditions such as Reggae, Jamaican reggae music and Cuban rumba on UNESCO's "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, intangible cultural heritage of humanity" list. Music of the Democratic Republic of the Congo varies in its different forms. Outside Africa, most music from the Democratic Republic of Congo is called ''Soukous'', which most accurately refers instead to a dance popular in the late 1960s. The term ''rumba'' or ''rock-rumba'' is also used generically to refer to Congolese music, though neither is precise nor accurately descriptive. People from the Congo have no sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Rumba
Congolese rumba, also known as African rumba, is a dance music genre originating from the Republic of the Congo (formerly French Congo) and Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire). With its Rhythm in Sub-Saharan Africa, rhythms, Melody, melodies, and lyrics, Congolese rumba has gained global recognition and remains an integral part of Music of Africa, African music heritage. In December 2021, it was added to the UNESCO list of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists, intangible cultural heritage. Emerging in the mid-20th century in the urban centers of Brazzaville and Léopoldville (now Kinshasa) during the colonial era, the genre's roots can be traced to the Kongo people, Bakongo partner dance music known as ''maringa'', which was traditionally practiced within the former Kingdom of Loango, encompassing regions of contemporary Republic of the Congo, southern Gabon, and Cabinda Province of Angola. The style gained prominence in the 1920s–1940s, introducing the adve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Camille Feruzi
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Radio Congo Belge
Radio Congo Belge ( French, "Belgian Congo Radio") was a radio broadcaster in the Belgian Congo (the modern Democratic Republic of the Congo) which played an important role in the early development and popularisation of Congolese rumba music across Africa in the aftermath of World War II. Radio Congo Belge was established in Léopoldville (modern-day Kinshasa) as a means of broadcasting news and propaganda to the white population of the Congo and German-occupied Belgium in World War II. It broadcast for the first time on 1 October 1940. However, this role was assumed by Radiodiffusion nationale belge (RNB) in May 1943 which also broadcast from Léopoldville and Radio Congo Belge became more focused on broadcasting within the colony. It played an important role in providing Congolese musicians with access to foreign musical influences. It was particularly influential in introducing Afro-Cuban music into the Congo through groups such as Septeto Habanero and Trio Matamoros. Acco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opika
Opika was an early record label in the Congo Free State, Congo, which recorded and promoted African pop, guitar, and rumba - not only from the Congo, but from Cameroon and Ghana as well. The label also recognized the value of ethnographic recordings, which were featured on a number of their releases. Started by brothers Gabriel Moussa Benetar and Joseph Benetar, from the Greek island of Rhodes, Opika was a prodigious producer of 78 rpm shellac recordings through the late 1950s. The company was initially called "Kina," but the name was subsequently changed to “Opika” from a phrase in Lingala, “opika pende” meaning “stand firm”. The name Opika was chosen in some sense as a challenge to the reigning and monolithic recording house Ngoma (record label), Ngoma that this new recording company was a force to be reckoned with. The label was the first to sign Le Grand Kallé, Joseph Kabaselle who, along with other Opika session players Nico Kasanda, Nico and Decherd, Tennessee, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loningisa
Loningisa was a studio and record label based in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then known as Zaire). Loningisa was made famous by the emergence of the African rumba band OK Jazz, whose music became popular, and a big influence on African and Congolese popular music. OK Jazz included Francois Luambo Makiadi who emerged as Zaire's first true pop-music star, particularly his guitar playing abilities. Franco and all other members of OK Jazz were tutored and trained at the Loningisa studios. The group formed via collective participation at Loningisa's studios as players in sessions and the house band titled 'Bana Loningisa' (Loningisa Boys). Loningisa was founded by Congolese Greek brothers Athanase and Basile Papadimitriou in 1950. In 1974, Mobutu ordered the company be confiscated and turned over to a native Congolese owner as part of his Zairianisation program. Zairianisation was not favorable for the company, and the Mobutu regime turned the company back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngoma (record Label)
Ngoma was one of the first record labels intended to provide local African music to the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The name Ngoma came from the Kikongo word for drum.Stewart, p. 26 The label was created in 1948 by the Greek businessman Nicolas Jéronimidis, and was active until 1968. Its catalog included many known artists at that time including Camille Feruzi, who is said to have popularized rumba during the 1930s, Antoine Wendo Kolosoy, one of the biggest names of all-time in Congolese music, the Angolan Manuel d'Oliveira, Léon Bukasa, Antoine Mundanda, Paul Mwanga and Albert Luampasi, the guitarist who is said to have taught the famous Congolese musician François Luambo Makiadi (Franco) his first guitar chords. Notes References *{{cite book, title=Rumba on the River: A History of the Popular Music of the Two Congos, year=2000, publisher=Verso, isbn=978-1-85984-368-0, author=Gary Stewart See also * List of record labels File:Alvinoreyguitarboog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
