Music
17 April 2019
Rollerblade Through Kinshasa's Busy Streets In Tshegue's Video For 'The Wheel'
Club Etoile Rollers make Kinshasa their playground in this new music video.
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News
13 December 2018
A Fire Destroyed Thousands of Voting Machines Days Before Elections in DRC
At least 70 percent of the voting machines have been destroyed by the fire.
Arts + Culture
23 July 2018
Alec Lomami's New Photo Series Shows the Beauty of Everyday Life in Kinshasa
The Congolese rapper questions our tendency to gaze at the continent in extremes through his series, "Kin la Belle."
Video
01 June 2018
Jupiter & Okwess Deliver a Mystical Celebration of Women In This New Video
Watch our premiere of the Kinshasa-based band's new video for "Nzele Momi."
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15 January 2018
KOKOKO! Is the Raw, Alternative Sound of Kinshasa
This ambitious project marries modern Congolese music with the gritty punk of 1970s New York.
News
21 October 2013
Celia Cruz Live In Kinshasa, Zaire 1974
On what would have been Celia Cruz' birthday we reflect on her involvement in the Zaire 74 festival in Kinshasa, and her centrality to AfroLatinidad
News
11 July 2013
Alec Lomami's Guide to Kinshasa
Alec Lomami offers advice on the best places to stop by in Kinshasa.
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