Congolese star Samba Mapangala is in the country. The musician cum lead vocalist is set to leave for Zanzibar and Tanzania this Sunday to shoot videos for his latest album Maisha Matamu, writes ...

Congolese Rumba. Even the name is enticing and exotic. The genre is a synergistic hybrid of African and Cuban music. It’s a delightful energetic dance music that would make you forget that Congo is ...

At the epitome of his musical career with Orchestra Virunga in the 1990s, band leader Samba Mapangala never dreamt of relocating from Kenya to any part of the world in pursuit of greener pastures. It ...

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Camille Cox of Lititz, left, and Frances Thiry of Manheim Township, both age 9, execute dance moves with a Samba Mapangala dancer onstage at Long's Park on Sunday. The East African ensemble led by ...

A Kenyan legend of '70s East African rumba music, Samba Mapangala was understandably proud when Barack Obama was elected president. He even wrote a song, “Obama Ubarikiwe” roughly translated as “Obama ...

Samba Mapangala learned about the band from his de facto manager, CC Smith, a longtime radio DJ and former editor of the defunct world-music and reggae magazine The Beat. Smith, who’s been working ...

Congolese vocalist Samba Mapangala and the various editions of his Orchestra Virunga pop the cork on musical champagne that’s surprisingly bubbly, sweet and tangy, that tickles your senses and ...

He has been on the music scene for over forty years and made more than a dozen albums. The musician Samba Mapangala was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo but became an established name across ...

Samba Mapangala, the undisputed star of East African music, and his band, Orchestre Virunga, blend Congolese rumba with Kenyan benga. With an astonishing voice, Mapangala offers commentaries on daily ...

Nairobi — In what might be considered a homecoming tour of sorts, US-based Congolese musician Samba Omar Mapangala returns to Kenya at the end of this month for a number of shows. He already has two ...