Rumba.

Format:

• Video

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Latin Music.
• Africa.
• Congolese.
• Africans.

Local Subjects:

• Latin Music.
• Africa.
• Congolese.
• Africans.

Genre:

• Documentary

Physical Description:

1 online resource (55 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Paris, Ile-de-France : Qwest TV, 1992.

Language Note:

In French.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

This stunning documentary reveals the evolution of rumba in Africa over the decades since the 1930s. The professionalization linked to the stage brings rumba out of the dances and favors the rise of drums and guitars at the expense of brass instruments. A dance created by black slaves in Cuba from the Congo (now Zaire, the Congo, and Angola), rumba was originally the danced meeting of two navels. It was in an urban context, particularly in Kinshasa, that it also borrowed from Nigerian Highlife and set the balance that would allow it to conquer the world via students living in Belgium. It features Antoine Wendo, Abeti Masakini, Pepé Kallé, Franco, and Papa Wemba, who gave birth to Congolese music that had a political impact on the population (Independence Cha Cha in 1960), moral freedom and the dandyism of the "Sapeurs." Philippe Lesage

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed July 15, 2024).