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"Debout Congolais" (Kongo: Telama besi Kongo; "Arise, Congolese") is the national anthem of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was originally adopted in 1960 upon independence from Belgium but was replaced by "La Zaïroise" when the Congo changed its name to Zaire in 1971.
"If present trends go on, John Napier and his team will doubtless one day find themselves re-creating the entire state of Iowa for a rock musical about the Little Red Hen, or reconstructing the Alps for one about Heidi; but until then Time can claim it has provided the most sensational contrast between mountainous spectacle and molehill content ...
The Musical Instruments Museum (MIM) (French: Musée des instruments de musique; Dutch: Muziekinstrumentenmuseum) is a music museum in central Brussels, Belgium. It is part of the Royal Museums of Art and History (RMAH) and is internationally renowned for its collection of over 8,000 instruments.
Nowadays, its former buildings house the Musical Instruments Museum (MIM), founded in 1877, which forms part of the group of Royal Museums for Art and History (RMAH). Located at 2, rue Montagne de la Cour / Hofberg on the Mont des Arts/Kunstberg , the building stands next to the Place Royale/Koningsplein and across the street from the Magritte ...
The Mont des Arts (French, pronounced [mɔ̃ dez‿aʁ]) or Kunstberg (Dutch, pronounced [ˈkʏnstbɛr(ə)x] ⓘ), meaning "Hill/Mount of the Arts", is an urban complex and historic site in central Brussels, Belgium, including the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), the National Archives of Belgium, the Square – Brussels Meeting Centre, and a public garden.
The National Museum of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: Musée national de la République démocratique du Congo, or MNRDC) is a museum for the cultural history of the numerous ethnic groups and historical epochs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the capital Kinshasa.
Archives, Bibliothèques et Musées de Belgique (in Dutch). 21 (2). OCLC 2052930. (part 2 in v.22, no.1, 1951) Madeleine van Grieken-Taverniers (1955), Inventaire des archives des affaires étrangères de l'Etat indépendant du Congo et Ministère des colonies, 1885-1914 (PDF) (in French and Dutch), Académie Royale des Sciences Coloniales
His music traverses various genres, including soukous, ndombolo, Congolese rumba, and his energetic performances have garnered him a massive following both in Africa and internationally [10] [11] Le Grand Kallé (c. 1930–1983) — singer-songwriter, composer, and bandleader. He is regarded as the father of modern Congolese music [12] [13]