Global Groove. Reconstructing the African 7' catalogue. MUZIKIFAN. Franco et TPOK Jazz Restored. Rumba Lingala as Colonial Resistance by Jesse Samba Wheeler. In the late 1930s and early 1940s in the countries now called the Republic of Congo (capital Brazzaville) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (capital Kinshasa), a sonic revolution took place that heralded the political revolution and ousting of colonial occupation in 1960.
In the decades approaching independence, musicians created a music uniquely Congolese and fostered a radically different social-consciousness. This national music was not founded solely on Congolese musical forms, however; it "localized" foreign musical genres, especially from Cuba and other Caribbean countries. Terre de la chanson: la musique ... CONGO NA BISO. Ambiance Congo. Worldservice.