The large number of Congolese car guards working around the Cape Town CBD is unfortunately misleading reckons Miguel Katshiete, the dynamic founder of La Diaspora Congolaise Cape Town which he set up ...

Loboko filters classic Congolese soukous rhythms through NYC's African and Afro-Caribbean diaspora, setting up a joyful transatlantic reverberation that connects Kinshasa, Paris, Palenque, NYC, and ...

It's no surprise that Africa is home to loads of great party music, from ancient-style drum rallies to the latest hip-hop hybrids. The surest African spice for a summer party comes from the golden era ...

Oakland percussion maestro John Santos presents the latest installment of “Racies,” his revelatory Latin music series at Berkeley’s Freight & Salvage, with the Bay Area debut of Tribu Baharú, a ...

Dr. Francesca Negro is an independent researcher in Comparative Literature and Performance studies. She is affiliated researcher with The Centre for Comparative Studies at the University of Lisbon ...