Goodbye B.B. King. Here he is playing live in Kinshasa, then Zaire, 1974
Hamba kahle, B.B. King (1925-2015)
Hamba kahle, B.B. King (1925-2015)
Belgian-Congolese filmmaker, Nganji Laeh, along with musician and composer Badi and filmmaker Monique Mbeka Phoba, explore present day DRC via film.
Pharrell Williams's pop hit, "Happy," is infectious and feel good. But what is it all about really?
Creating spaces where artists related to the Congolese diaspora can freely tell their side of the story.
An Adieu to Tabu Ley Rochereau, the master rumba singer-songwriter from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
This summer I’ve been hired as a freelancer for Iggy, MTV’s global music website. The site
When a member of the UK's House of Lords (a few months before she died) told another Lord, over tea, that she'd organized Lumumba's abduction and murder.
Congolese (Brazzaville) filmmaker Rufin Mbou Mikima has uploaded* his latest documentary “Tsofa” to YouTube. The film
Congolese musicians are divided over politics: endorse President Joseph Kabila and gain from official patronage, oppose him in exile or cope independently in Kinshasa.
Congolese-Belgian MC, Baloji: "In Congo, we had gold, but we turned it to something that had no value because we didn’t treat our country with the right respect."
Younger generations of artists, many immigrants of African origin, are reconfiguring the arts in France on their own terms.
In the introduction to The World According to Bylex, Filip De Boeck and Koen Van Synghel
In the DRC, city life isn’t foremost defined by the image of the child soldier (contrary
Congolese artists Konono N°1 and Baloji collaborated by merging “traditional” sounds from Africa's biggest country with hip hop.
Dapper Congolese-American rapper Alec Lomami (interviewed here by MTV Iggy) shouts outs his old hometown Kinshasa over
One of the most exciting films to come out of the continent recently is the Congolese
Kinshasa-born rapper Youssoupha moved to France at the age of 10. Ever since releasing his first
New video for the Congolese AIAC favorite Lexxus, recorded in Kinshasa, featuring the Kinois rapper LeslyMan.
Listen here.