Congolese music genres

Posted February 24th, 2007 by Chale

So I hear a lot about Congolese music and arguably, it is the best selling music from Africa with popular artistes like Koffi Olomide, Papa Wemba, Kanda Bongo Man, Werra Son, Awilo Longomba, Makoma, Kaysha, etc.

Can anyone help us with the differences in the various music genres associated with the Democratic Republic of Congo?
How different is makossa from soukous, or zouk, or lingala, bikutsi, etc, etc?

PS: Check out DR Congo music lyrics

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Congolese music genres

Submitted by Ano (not verified) on Sun, 2007-08-05 17:27.

Please check www.africanmusicforum.com for info abt related to congo music, including defintions of different genres and discussion on those type of music.

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thanks for the link

Submitted by Chale on Mon, 2007-08-06 11:00.

thanks for the link. looks good

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Chale, am glad you liked the

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2007-08-28 21:53.

Chale, am glad you liked the link/site (africanmusicforum.com)!!! I also regulary visit this site to get music news and stuff..... Always enjoy the various topics that you post here! (I use the recent posts link on this site)

I seem to have forgoten my password to this site, and i always get too lazy to go thru the process of requesting another one, thus I dont post as often as YOU! But to Chale & Swazi..keep up the good work, and you are alywas WELCOME at Africanmusicforum.com, AMF.com as we like to call it!!!

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