Congolese Music

[MBA-Congo]

Kinshasa Rap


Bakanda (the Angry) [traditional beat and rap}


kinshasa rap/rb

[MBA-Congo]

CONGOLAIS CHAMPION DU MONDE YA BOXE WBC

[benj_bewa]

They must find him a nice congolese wife!

[MBA-Congo]

Originally Posted by benj_bewa

They must find him a nice congolese wife!

At least she stood up for the national anthem

Tanzanian Bongo Flava and Congolese Rumba

Swali (question)

[MBA-Congo]

dance practice

[MBA-Congo]

traditional
Kamulanga

[MBA-Congo]

congo reggae

[Yupes]

FC Saint Éloi Lupopo

[Yupes]

Moreno (Batamba Wenda Morris)

[Yupes]

Miss Boyoma 2009, Elysée

image hosted on flickr

[MBA-Congo]

kotazo

Congo Brazza
DJ MAGUERRE

SIDA (aids)


Brazza Fire

[MBA-Congo]

American influenced Jazz

[MBA-Congo]

Ngoma records

man who taught Franco how to play the guitar

Luampasi Albert


Wendo Kolosoy
Namoni pasi mingi (seem much hardship)


Youyou aleli Veka (Yoyo crys for Veka)

[MBA-Congo]

Bandundu traditional

[old school]

Originally Posted by MBA-Congo

American influenced Jazz

Sorry, but this is NOT Jazz. This is Blues!!! Talented artists though!!

[MBA-Congo]

yeah I know it's blues but back home blues is Jazz hard to explain. It has picked up in Congo esp with gospel. One musician from Bas-Congo is really great but can't find his video online.

[MBA-Congo]

Sankuru (kasai)

[MBA-Congo]

music traditional Tetela (Sankuru Kasai)


tetela dance party

[MBA-Congo]

From Congo to Philly via Oregon
by Mike Woitalla, Friday, Jan 15, 2010 7:00 AM ET
[MLS SUPERDRAFT] Danny Mwanga hardly left his house during the first couple months after he arrived in the United States from the Democratic Republic of Congo at age 14. "I didn't know anyone and I didn't know the language," says the No. 1 pick at the 2010 MLS SuperDraft. A soccer ball and a nearby park changed all that.

When he lived in Kinshasa, Mwanga played pickup soccer everyday, from when school ended at 1 pm, until 6 pm. His mother left the war-torn central African nation in 2001 in search of a better, safer life in the USA. Mwanga's father had died when Danny was 9, a victim of the Second Congo War, which took more than 4 million lives.
"It was very hard being away from my mother," says Danny, who joins MLS newcomer Philadelphia Union. "We talked sometimes on the phone. I waited and waited for the day we would finally be together again."

Mwanga lived with his grandmother, uncles and his three older sisters for four years until the day finally arrived when he and his sisters left to join their mother in Oregon.

He had heard about MLS while in Africa thanks to coverage of Freddy Adu signing with MLS. He had seen some of the USA's World Cup games, and knew the name Landon Donovan. But he had no idea of what soccer would be like for him in Oregon.

When he finally ventured outside of his house to the local park, he met some other soccer-playing kids, including an Ethiopian immigrant named Habtamu.

"We didn't know each other's languages," says Mwanga, "but with soccer, we could communicate a little."

Habtamu attended Jefferson High School and when Mwanga enrolled, Habtamu helped him meet new friends. The French-speaking Mwanga spent most of his first year, 11th grade, mastering English, and by his second year was up to speed academically. He also starred on the varsity soccer team.

After graduation, and the retrieval of his secondary school transcripts from Kinsasha with the help of the U.S. State Department, Manga was eligible to play NCAA Division I ball for Oregon State. He played two seasons for the Beavers, scoring 18 goals in 29 games, before signing a Generation adidas contract and entering the MLS SuperDraft.

"He always loved soccer," said Mwanga's mother, Leontine. "But I never imagined he'd be a professional soccer player. We're all very proud."

[BUTEMBO21]

I told you man, Soccer is Congolese DNA. nothing can rival it .