The+Arts+in+Congo



Music Kinshasa has been one of the great center of music innovation. Congolese musician have adapted their own instruments and tastes. African jazz includes kabasele which sometimes is called the father of modern Congolese music. Manu dibango has become one of most well know groups in Africa, largely due to the 1960s independence cha-cha-cha which celebrate Congo’s independence and became an anthem for Africans across the continent. Into the 1950s Kinshasa and Brazzaville became culturally linked and many musicians moved back and forth between them. Papa wemba encounter the phrase “VIVA LA MUSICA” in the 1974 when he attended a concert featuring new York-based Latinos, fania all stars in Kinshasa. Congolese people love music and have continued to develop their own unique musical style.

Mr. Grimsrud There is this person named Damon albarn who is British and he came to Congo. In Congo he worked with 50 Congolese musicians to produce their music. They recorded some of it in Congo and finished the rest in Britain. So I got you a little trailer about this I hope you enjoy.