This urban dance music, born at the end of the 1930s, was destined to resonate throughout Africa in Bantu languages such as Lingala, Swahili, Kikongo and Douala. On both banks of the Congo, the transplanting of the Cuban rumba took place in the interwar period, thanks to the passage in the ports of West Africa of cargo ships coming from the Caribbean. The transplantation of Afro-Cuban rumba to Congo is one of the most important events in the history of African urban music. The Congolese rumba continues to evolve after reclaiming, in the last century, a polyrhythmic sound whose source lies in Central Africa.
Tracks:
1. E Bongue Bollanga: Djombi Dikwamba Maniaka Ma Ngomba Nyama
2. E Bongue Bollanga: Maniaka Ma Ngomba Nyama
3. Gustave Dalle: A Muna Iyo Ye Bobe Mulembe E Mba O Ndabo ?
4. Gustave Dalle: Mulembe E Mba O Ndabo
5. Isaya Mwinamo & Tom Miti: Mpenzi Tina
6. Jhimmy (chant : Paul Mwanga): Amis Benatar
7. Nelson Simon & ses San Salvador (guitare : Pedro Martin): O Yeto Mbuta Zeto
8. Nelson Simon & ses San Salvador (guitare : Pedro Martin): Wenda Samuna
9. Bukasa Leon: Owe
10. Camille Feruzi: Ya Babut
11. Franc Lassan & sa Rumbanella Bande: Falanga Wa Njembo
12. Franc Lassan & sa Rumbanella Bande: Nikosa Lako
13. Franc Lassan & sa Rumbanella Bande: Rumbanella Bande
14. Adou Elanga: Amondembe Cha Cha Cha
15. Adou Elanga: Suzanna Asombi Rosa
16. V. Mokoko & F. Bosele: Ata Balobi
17. V. Mokoko & F. Bosele: Bilengende
18. Camille Mokoko: Ch?rie Babolingo
19. Wendo: Rumba Wendo
20. Wendo: Bakosi Liwa Ya Wendo
21. Trio Bow (Bukasa / Oliveira / Wendo): Nganga Nkisi
22. Trio Bow (Bukasa / Oliveira / Wendo): Akeyi Na Zandu
23. Philos Yanno Penki & l'Orchestre Novelty (saxo : Dadet): Bana Delice
