🎬
Movie
The Rumba Kings
📅 2021
⭐ 9.0
🕐 95 min
US
US
In the fifties, when the future Democratic Republic of Congo was still a Belgian colony, an entire generation of musicians fused traditional African tunes with Afro-Cuban music to create the electrifying Congolese rumba, a style that conquered the entire continent thanks to an infectious rhythm, captivating guitar sounds and smooth vocals.
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Cast
Simaro Lutumba
Self - Musician
Roitelet
Self - Musician
Manu Dibango
Self - Musician
Paul Mwanga
Self - Singer
Papa Wemba
Self - Singer
Verckys Kiamanguana
Self - Musician
Brazzos
Self - Musician
Papa Noel
Self - Musician
Kuka Mathieu
Self - Singer
Manuaku
Self - Musician
Guvano
Self - Musician
Maproco
Self - Musician
Petit Pierre
Self - Musician
Bombenga
Self - Singer
Rolly
Self - Singer
Fagus Izeidi
Self - Musician
Paul Mizele
Self - Singer
Bikunda
Self - Musician
Rex Lusukamu
Self - Musician
Yossa Taluki
Self - Musician
Fracasseur
Self - Musician
Manda Tchebwa
Self - African Music Historian
Clément Ossinondé
Self - Music Journalist
Jean-Pierre Nimy Nzonga
Self - Congolese Music Historian
Lubangi Muniania
Self - African Art Historian
Crew
Production
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