Congo Vibes

Music => Congolese Music => Topic started by: Matebu on June 20, 2018, 00:50

Title: WHY AREN'T THERE MORE PAN-AFRICANISM SONGS?
Post by: Matebu on June 20, 2018, 00:50

Songs that make proud to be an African, like the Senegalese and Malians like to do. We're too obsessed with trying to be European that we often loose idenity. The sapeurs have influenced Congolese music culture so much, as well as those who really wanted to distance themselves from Mobutu's once mandatory abacost dress code.

There are songs like Ebale Ya Zaire, Ultimatum (sorta), but the rest is mostly bolingo or mabanga lyrics.

One of the my favorite examples (and favorite song) from Defao:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btvqw825iZ8

The original is just as great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZBPFo3Aw4k

Title: Re: WHY AREN'T THERE MORE PAN-AFRICANISM SONGS?
Post by: mvulusi96 on June 20, 2018, 00:58

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LvDn11AEoas

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6q3SCtYmhCA

Title: Re: WHY AREN'T THERE MORE PAN-AFRICANISM SONGS?
Post by: Matebu on June 20, 2018, 01:07

RIP, the great poet and activist Franklin Boukaka who was assassinated. That song was a continental hit and the one of the biggest hits after Independance Cha Cha