Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. “West Central Africa, popularly known as Congo or Bantu, brought a trove of ideas ...

Dancer and influencer Mr. Boris Becker bodied the Congolese whine with rapper Offset in videos posted on Instagram on Friday and Saturday (Oct. 13 and 14). In one video, donning all Black, Becker ...

On Kokoko!’s first and only Chicago visit till now, the Congolese group put on the most bonkers fun show of the 2019 World Music Festival. Decked out in their signature yellow jumpsuits, they moved ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Congolese dancing and singing enlivened St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, as Pope Francis celebrated a special Mass for Catholics from the violence-wracked African nation and ...

Guitarist-singer Borrina Mapaka, 29, who dedicated his life to Congolese dance, musical song and songwriting when he was a child, has not wavered in his goal. Born in Brazzaville, Congo, Mapaka has ...

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation (NOJHF) presents a Tom Dent Congo Square Lecture on stick-fighting dances of the Caribbean and early New Orleans. It will be at the Ashé Cultural Arts Center ...

The electronic and experimental music band KOKOKO! didn’t record its albums in studios, or even really indoors, in its birthplace of Kinshasa, the sprawling capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Congolese choreographer Fabrice Don de Dieu Bwabulamutima believes in the healing power of dance. He travels with his drama and dance company to refugee camps across the Democratic Republic of the ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) owes much of its global renown to its music, reflecting its cultural diversity. The DR Congolese music scene is incredibly diverse and dynamic, encompassing ...