Today I would like to talk
about one of my favorite type of music: rumba. (Congolese rumba)
When most people think of
the rumba they immediately think of Latina America. Debate over the origins of
this drum-driven dance music is hot topic; the reality is that it originated in
Africa.
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| http://www.timeout.com/newyork/music/congo-rumba-on-the-river-african-pearls-vol-1 |
RFI Musique explains as: “Infectious
rumba rhythms began emanating from the
Belgian Congo in the 50s and the hip-swaying dance soon caught on right across Africa.
From there it was only a matter of time before rumba fever spread to Europe and
the Americas, going down in the record books as the first African music to take
off on the international music scene.
The international success story of
rumba is all the more amazing when you consider that the movement was largely
ignored in the Western media. Rumba’s frenzied rhythms were left to filter
through on the bar and club ‘underground’ where they fueled dance parties and
soirées that frequently ended in collective hysteria.
One of the first musicians to
pop up rumba was Papa Wemba. Since then, numerous wonderful artists became
master of Congolese rumba such as Madilu System; Mayaula Mayoni or Francois Luambo
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