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You can tell anything about Roga Roga but not that he doesn't care about roots:


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Congolese Music / Roga Roga Concert in Paris
« on: March 17, 2024, 22:02 »

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Congolese Music / New Feature: Facebook post embedding
« on: February 29, 2024, 12:55 »
I am glad to report that from now on, Facebook post embedding works. You know Facebook links vary, it may happen some kind of links won't display, but the 100% method is:
- click the the three dots in the upper right corner of the post
- select embed
- click the blue facebook icon on the right below the button: copy code
- the post url will open
- copy the link of the post, insert it here
- delete the "?ref=embed_post" tag from the end of the link

Know it is a bit complicated, but Facebook uses so many type of links that the forum cannot handle all, only the original basic link.

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Congolese Music / Nouvel Horizon new headquarters almost ready
« on: February 29, 2024, 12:48 »

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Congolese Music / New security update
« on: February 25, 2024, 11:29 »
Hi everyone!

From today, this is the new address of Congovibes: https://congovibes.com

With this the problem that virus scanners and browsers blocking the site should be gone. Theoretically though, because your browser may need some time to forget the old type of address. So in case you notice any error, browser not loading the forum, error page appearing when browsing the forum, etc. please take a screenshot of the error and report it here. Hopefully it won't be needed though.

Cheers!

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Congolese Music / Mobile theme is back
« on: February 14, 2024, 02:41 »
I am glad to announce mobile theme is back! It should appear automatically when you visit the phone on mobile devices, if not, as you may know, you need to click the link "Mobile" at the bottom of the page.

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Congolese Music / If you get locked out of the forum do this
« on: February 03, 2024, 14:33 »
Recently I added some new necessary security measures to the forum to keep spammers and hackers away. It may result in that some of the members here get locked out. If you cannot access the forum for a longer period of time, and no notification about servicing is presented on the screen, please visit our page on Facebook, and inquire for lifting the false ban on your account. Hopefully noone will fall into this situation, but in case yes, just do as mentioned.

This is our Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/CongovibesForum

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How To Play It / How to Play Kin É Bougé solo (Makaba Version)
« on: January 26, 2024, 17:14 »

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I am glad to announce a feature that may have been long awaited: from now on if you insert Instagram or Facebook video links in your posts, they will display as videos after submitting the post. The function works for these sites as well: Tiktok, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Soundcloud, Spotify and of course as always: Youtube.

Some glitches may happen, this feature is still under development. If you notice an error let me know.

One known glitch is that if you post multiple Facebook videos in the same post, it may happen some won't appear. You need to insert those in the next post then.

If all goes well, soon, inserting Facebook Posts will also be available, I am still working on it.

Cheers!

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Due to recent upgrades the forum might ask you accept cookies as part of a privacy and security measure. This is a recent requirement by Google to ask for you decide if you want to accept the cookies or not (choose whichever you feel like). You can make your selection in the popup window appearing. I am working on to be able to skip the display of that popup in spite of Google requiring it, but during the next few months we need to live together with it. Thanks for you patience!

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Congolese Music / Bijoux Bass - Tutorial DVD Fundraiser
« on: January 23, 2024, 20:16 »
My friend is in Congo and is collecting money to make a DVD video lesson with Bijoux Bass of Zaiko. They need to collect 500GBP. If you would like to donate please message me in private message here in the forum, any little amount helps. You will get a free copy of the lesson once it is released. I will notify you about that.

Thanks in advance!




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Congolese Music / Fundraiser for a guitar for Mboka Liya
« on: January 11, 2024, 06:32 »
You may know guys I am in contact with Mboka Liya, and  I told him about a special guitar, and since then he is absolutely excited about that. Recently I am not on top financially, if I had some spare money I would buy it for him right away. But that guitar is rare, and I was lucky to have found it just now in England, where he lives. It would be a very good chance to buy it now, as I wouldn't need to ship the guitar to him from abroad, that would mean 2-300 GBP extra cost. I decided to  ask you guys about whether you would be willing to donate for that guitar? I can assure you it is something you haven't seen before and represents a whole new spectrum that has not been seen in Congolese music yet.

The guitar costs 710GBP with shipping. Me, I can donate 50GBP alone, if there would be another 13 participant who would be willing to donate 50GBP, I could buy the guitar right away.

The donation would go to my PayPal account, maybe partly to my bank account in the UK or US to avoid tax. You know me guys well from here, I won't steal that money, cos where would I hide as the admin? As soon as the money is there I buy the guitar. If the purchase fails for any reason, like someone buys it sooner, I send you the money back to where it came from.

Contact me in private if you would be willing to donate, if 13 person apply, I send the details out for everyone to what to do and also create a follow up post here.

In return the minimum that I can offer is that Mboka will of course mention the names of the donators on one of his new songs or even albums if he creates a full disk of songs, plus I can send out his 2 DVD lessons in downloadable form for free to anyone who donates.


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Congolese Music / Diego Music in Paris open or closed?
« on: December 21, 2023, 08:25 »
There was a shop called Diego Music at this address in the past:
53 Rue des Poissonniers, 75018 Paris

Recently I inquired about a release from a shopkeeper in that district, and he directed me to Diego Music. But when I check in Google Street View it seems to me that shop is closed. Do you have any info about that shop?

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Congolese Music / Mboka Liya Fatshi Beton Song
« on: December 18, 2023, 08:44 »

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