Album · 2011 · 4 Songs.

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The Sound of Kinshasa: Guitar Classics from Zaire. Included are Zairian classics from the acoustic '50s to the soukous '70s, from an example of the great Shaba acoustic tradition and a gorgeous biguine in a forgotten style, to biggies such as OK jazz and early-empire bakuba. Every cut is crème de la crème, and they're arranged chronologically so you can hear the style grow from acoustic birth to electric maturity two decades later - by which time it was profoundly influencing music all across Black Africa.

United Nations Mission. Democratic Republic of the Congo portal. In 1971, the country was renamed Zaire, and three provinces were also renamed. In 1988, the province of Kivu was split into three

Hugh Masekela and Stewart Levine, organisers of Zaire 74. In the weeks before 1974’s legendary Rumble in the Jungle between Ali and Foreman, a three-day music festival in Kinshasa united major American R&B artists with their Congolese counterparts. Footage of James Brown and others has shown up on the documentaries When We Were Kings and Soul Power, but this lavish two-CD set is the first time we’ve heard the African performances.

The United Artist Showcase founded in Durham NC by Bullcitykartel and LoyaltyLife Enterprises CEO Mike-Wu Picasso.