soukous (ˈsuːkʊs) n (Music, other) a style of African popular music that originated in Zaïre (now the Democratic Republic of Congo), characterized by syncopated rhythms and intricate contrasting guitar melodies [C20: perhaps from Frenchsecouerto shake] ...
founder of Jamhuri Wear, had first suggested using a sample of Mbilia Bel’s music. “He was convinced that sprinkling a bit of nostalgia into my music would appeal to the Kenyan audience,” says Hopiho.
With a new band, Viva La Musica, Wemba moved to Paris in the 1980s and helped popularize Congolese music beyond Africa. He toured in the 1990s with British rock starPeter Gabrieland appears on hisSecret World Livealbum. Wemba also was a pioneer of the “sapeur” youth culture mar...
Keywords: music; singing; migration; asylum-seeker; refugee; the sacred; creativity; sonority; Ireland; the Congo 1. Introduction When we think of the many ways that our contemporary world attempts to address the seismic upheavals occurring across the planet in the face of human migration and ...