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 * [[image:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21705382/congo-map-flag.jpg]] Congo Newspaper **[[image:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21705382/congo-map-flag.jpg]] 

Zongo Falls By Brian and Surya

I bet you think you know everything about zongo. We think you don't here let us show you how it really is.there is safari. you could visit many new sights and there is a small area where your child can play and have some fun. the best place to sleep is a villa. go out of the balcony and you can see a clear wonder full view of a river.there is only one restaurant where they give you a traditional food. there just one shop but good thing that it has everything you need for Zongo. you can go and swim at the Zongo swimming pool. if you want you can visit the city of Zongo. For more information look at the following website - []

Here are some pictures from Zongo Falls





Daily Life In Kinshasa **Adam & Thibaut**

Do you know what people do in their daily lives? Well, let’s tell you.

People in Kinshasa carry goods; pushes carts, and wait for transport in taxi vans. Some Congolese men even play sports like soccer, tennis, and even golf. Some Congolesewomen are maids too. Some Congolese men also cook, are policemen, and are drivers.

Kinshasa has a big population: 71,712,867 people. Kinshasa has 3 religions also, and they are Christianity, Kimbanguist, and Muslims. Kinshasa speaks, Lingala, French, Swahili, Ki Congo, and Tshibula. This is a picture of a man carrying a cart of furniture.

This is a picture of people getting transport in taxi vans (taxi bus). This is a picture of a Congolese man mining. This is a picture of a couple of Congolese men pulling a cart of goods.

Friends In the Congo By Lina and Sifa

Kinshasa - Friends in Congo D.R.C are very close to one another,and to bring us even more closer we have the tendency to hang out on the weekends, or even on school days!Usually we are a big group of friends that hang out with each others and have fun like any normal teenagers or pre-teens!Normally in Kinshasa we invite each other over and then go to a restaurant but we usually go to fast foods,galleries,café's,or have a walk around the fleuve or in a compound, some examples are:Opoeta,Hunga Busta,Nando's,A.S.K,Utex,Grand Hotel,Gallerie du Fleuve, Nicecream, Cercle Portugais, Cercle Français, and many others! If we don't go out we invite each other over and play video games,skate board,swim, or just enjoy each others companies and GOSSIP!Many people do all of the listed above do all of the listed above.We also love to pull pranks on neighbors,play out door sports,and go take a swim our friends. All of these activities bring groups of friends much closer together. When asked if they would rather do all of the activities listed above with only a couple of friends compared to a group of friends 88.8% answered that they would rather have a large group of friends to hang out together. That shows us how close we are to one another.We love to hang out together and have fun together!

Le Fleuve By Victor and Sam

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;">When you’re sitting around on a Sunday and you don’t know what to do go to the fleuve. The fleuve is super fun place. you can swim around, play and eat. It’s like the beach but a river. To get to the islands you need to go by boat. You can rent one or have your own. If you want to have a snack, bring some chips or you can go to a restaurant and buy cosa cosa and bring it with. When you go visit the Fleuve the thing so good about it is that you are alone and in peace. It’s the perfect time to chill and have fun in the sun. A specific thing that I like is the fish there, maybe you’ll catch the famous tiger fish.

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<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 48pt; text-align: center;">Music Keeps You Alive <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 20pt; text-align: center;">By Arman & James

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">Facts about Congolese music

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;">1. Most songs from the Democratic Republic of the Congo are sung in the "lingala" dialect, mainly because it is the dialect which is the most spoken in the country.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;">2. The DRC has blended its ethnic musical sources with Cuban rumba and meringue to give birth to Soukous.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;">3. Some musical instruments are locally made by the Congolese people.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;">4. People from the Congo have no term for their own music per se, although they have used muziki na biso (our music) until the late 1970s and now the most common name is "ndule" which simply means music in the Lingala dialect.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;">5. Like much of Africa, Congo was dominated during the <span class="wiki_link_ext">World War 2 era by <span class="wiki_link_ext">rumba, a fusion of <span class="wiki_link_ext">Latin and African musical styles that came from the island of <span class="wiki_link_ext">Cuba. Congolese musicians appropriated rumba and adapted its characteristics for their own <span class="wiki_link_ext">instruments and tastes. Following World War 2, <span class="wiki_link_ext">record labels began appearing, including <span class="wiki_link_ext">CEFA, <span class="wiki_link_ext">Ngoma , <span class="wiki_link_ext">Loningisa and <span class="wiki_link_ext">Opika , each issuing many 78 rpm records; <span class="wiki_link_ext">Radio Congo Belge also began <span class="wiki_link_ext">broadcasting during this period. <span class="wiki_link_ext">Bill Alexandre, a <span class="wiki_link_ext">Belgian working for CEFA, brought <span class="wiki_link_ext">electric guitars to the Congo.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;">6. Music in Congo is sung to release the stress in the daily lives of the people and concentrate on their joy for the moment.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;">7. Congolese music is also a way of expressing emotions on how people live their life styles.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;">Instruments <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">1. Tum Tum



<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;">2. Electric Guitar



<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt;">3. Thumb Piano



<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 210%; text-align: center;">Koffi

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">Koffi Olomide nickname, MM: Mopao Mokonzi, Sarkozy, the young Pato <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">Name Christophe Antoine Agbepa Mumba <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">Birth 13 August 1956 (55) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of Congo <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">Main activity Singer, Composer <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">Ndombolo genre, Rumba, Soukous <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">Years of operation since 1978 <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">Official site __http://koffinews.com/__

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">As a child he wanted to become a footballer. During his vacation in Kinshasa he recorded his first songs. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">The year 1983 marks the beginning of a musical adventure that starts with the release of the album Ngounda. Three years later, he created a group, the International Quartier Latin, which he is the leader.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">He is successful, including the number of copies sold, with his album Noblesse oblige released in September 1993 for which he will receive his first gold disc for 100,000 copies sold which earned him a second time in a row to be Best singer devoted to Africa Music Awards. The Olympia 29 August 1998 at the Zenith November 7, 1998, Bercy February 19, 2000 making him the first African artist to have filled the largest room in France in one-man show ............... <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 18pt; text-align: left;">His work earned him, besides five gold records (1994, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2008) with four trophies in 2002 Kora awards in one evening and the Best artist of the decade in 2005 still in the Kora awards. It is one of twelve African musicians, the only Congolese to have been cited in the 1001 albums that you must have heard in his life [ref. needed]. His latest album with no name (Bord Ezanga kombo in Lingala), released in August 2008, is a gold record in France, less than three months after its launch but this is prohibited seven months after its release, sales and distribution by the National Commission of censorship of the DRC and allowed one month later. www.wikipedia.com media type="youtube" key="qiyNjGhO6B0" height="315" width="420" align="center"