So I noticed there is a bit of chaos around naming stlyes of Congolese songs. It is normal however, it is how it happens in every culture. It also happens that something is named differently internationally than how it is named locally. This is just how culture works and developes. But I feel it would be useful now to clarify how to call what, so if you feel you can contribute to making things clearer, please help us! Let us know what you call soukous, rhumba, kwassa kwassa, ngwashuma, ndombolo, lingala, etc. I feel there is much problem especially around the use of the name: SOUKOUS. Could you clarify what it refers to actually? From what I read online, it seemed to me it is often used as a term to refer to Congolese music in general. Wikipedia, for example, seem to introduce the meaning of this word that way.
Let us know how you learnt it! If you think you are an expert in this regard, let your voice be heard here!
