Kampala — While fans of Afrigo Band were mourning the death of the band's legendary saxophonist Mansur Bulegeya, a fortnight ago, elsewhere in Congo, fans of rumba soukous music, were grieving the ...

Thousands of fans have taken to the streets of the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital to mourn Madilu System, known as "Congo's King of Rumba". Police controlled the crowds as they accompanied the ...

Jean de Dieu Makiese (Madilu System), singer and songwriter: born Léopoldville, Belgian Congo 28 May 1952; married (four children); died Kinshasa 11 August 2007. His husky tenor blessed with a ...

AFRICA moves to a Congolese beat, mainly in the form of pirated CDs and cassettes. In the vast Democratic Republic of Congo itself, ravaged by almost 50 years of war, economic collapse and ...

Congolese musician Roi-Babel is in town. The former Madilu Magic System lead singer and composer will perform alongside pioneer rumba musician Laurent Nyboma on October 2. Roi-Babel jetted into the ...

Congolese Rumba is the glorious musical hybrid of Cuban music fused with African DNA. It started back in the 1950s with a boatload of 78 rpm Cuban records featuring Arsenio Rodriguez, Orquesta Aragón, ...

WHILE fans of Afrigo Band were mourning the death of the band’s legendary saxophonist Mansur Bulegeya, a fortnight ago, elsewhere in Congo, fans of rumba soukous music, were grieving the death of ...