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Call it soukous, rumba, Zairois, Congo music, or kwassa-kwassa, the pop sound emanating from Congo's capital, Kinshasa has shaped modern African culture more profoundly than any other. Africa produces music genres that are direct derivatives of Congolese Soukous. Some of the African bands sing in Lingala, the main language in the DRC.
Radio Television Groupe Avenir (RTG@) is a television network company of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is a member of the Groupe L'Avenir corporate group, along with the daily newspaper L'Avenir. RTG@'s offices are located in central Kinshasa's district of La Gombe. The CEO of the group and of the network is Pius Muabilu. The network ...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has many radio stations, the majority of which are based in Kinshasa. The transitional Constitution installed an entity called Haute autorité des Medias (HAM), which oversees media activity, including radio broadcasting.
Radio Okapi is a radio network that operates in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. On an annual budget of USD$4.5 million, a staff of 200 provide news and information to the entire urban population of the DRC. Radio Okapi provides programming in French and in the four national languages of Congo: Lingala, Kituba, Swahili and Tshiluba,
Radio Congo Belge (RCB) was created in 1940 by the general government of the Belgian Congo. After the country gained independence, Radio du Congo Belge (RCB) became Radiodiffusion Nationale Congolaise (RNC). RTNC started television broadcasts in Kinshasa on November 24, 1966, [2] three hours a day (7pm to 10pm), on VHF channel 5. [3]
Congolese saxophonist Sam Talanis. The Republic of the Congo is an African nation with close musical ties to its neighbor, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.The Democratic Republic of the Congo's homegrown pop music, soukous, is popular across the border, and musicians from both countries have fluidly travelled throughout the region playing similarly styled music, including Nino Malapet and ...
In March 2005, Longomba took the stage at the Africa Live 2005 concert, a malaria-fighting event hosted at the Iba-Mar-Diop Stadium, where he performed in front of 40,000 people with other co-performers including Youssou N'Dour, Orchestra Baobab, Tinariwen, Didier Awadi, Corneille, Salif Keita, Rokia Traoré, Manu Dibango, and Seun Kuti. [83]
Radio-Télévision nationale congolaise (RTNC) : RTNC1, RTNC2, RTNC3, RTNC4; Raga TV, Raga+; Télévision Kin Malebo; canal le chemin la verite et la vie (CVV) Nzondo TV; Radio Télévision Catholique Elikya (RTCE) Radio Télévision Sentinelle; Tropicana TV; Radio Télévision Puissance (RTP) Canal Future; Radio Télévision la voix de l'aigle ...