Just like language, music constitutes a distinctive behavioral trait of humans. However, current understanding of the role of music in shaping human evolution, as well as the matter of origins of music, remain far from clear—in contrast to what is known about the contribution of language (but...
on Friday that strongly condemned the ongoing offensive and advance of M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The 15 members called on the Rwanda Defence Forces to stop supporting the armed group and immediately withdraw from Congolese territory “without preconditions....
From the sprightly Latin percussion of “Orkos” to the candlelit Bond-theme energy of “Kabl Ma Nessallem We Nemshy,” this is an artisanal melting pot of discotheque-ready grooves and gorgeous orchestral flourishes. Maha’s captivating, nightclub-Nico voice is the throughline. It’s all so...
The offer was from President Moïse Tshombe of Katanga, which had ceded from the Congo, to put together the fledging country’s airforce, under the cover of an airline known as Air Katanga. It turned out to be a murky, messy and brutal conflict, with Zumbach’s rag-tag of an airforc...
"The Amani festival aims to make culture a unifying element of peaceful cohabitation, of living together," Guillaume Bismiwa, the director of the festival told press. Tubuni Patient, a music lover from Goma, said that the festival puts aside the differences through art. ...
Pagoda (from the Portuguese pagode) an oriental temple, especially that in the form of a many-storied tower Pagode (French f.), pagoda (Brazil) the original (or at least one of the oldest) meanings of pagode was "a party or get together" where music was often played today however the...
This essay looks at the lyrical and performative conventions of popular music from Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, concentrating particularly on how these conventions interact with ideas of emotion and exchange in the region. Setting the romantic texts of popular songs in the ...
Soukous is dance music from the Congo Basin in Africa. It began in the 1960s before becoming popular in France during the 1980s. The best way of describing it is as a higher tempo version of rumba. Popular artists and bands include African Fiesta, Papa Wemba, and Pepe Kalle. 20. Zydec...
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