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Congo in Harlem Film Festival | Press Releases @ Your Story
October 18th – 24th marks International Congo Week, a worldwide initiative to join in solidarity with the people of Congo in breaking the silence about the conflict. Congo in Harlem will coincide with this initiative, ... There are historical investigations of Congo's heroes and despots (Lumumba; Mobutu, King of Zaire; and Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death); intimate accounts of the current conflict (Lumo and Reporter); rare glimpses of the colonial era ...
http://www.your-story.org/congo-in-harlem-film-festival-40578/
Welcome to Congo Week at University of Toronto! « Friends of the ...
We are with UN troops as the northeast Congo erupts and the future of the DRC, if not all of central Africa, hangs in the balance. In the background, but often impinging on peacekeeping decisions, are the painful memory of Rwanda, ...
http://friendsofthecongouoft.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/hello-world/
DebThink: Soul Power: From Africa to the US to Zaire to DRC
The concert was planned to accompany the "Rumble in the Jungle," the famous 1974 bout between Muhammed Ali and George Foreman in Zaire, now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo.... ... The "international community," a relatively small group of specialists, is at work on "fixing" small African countries like Sierra Leone and Liberia, but not far away, hundreds join the millions who have already died in the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ...
http://debthink.typepad.com/debthink/2009/07/soul-power-from-africa-to-the-us-to-zaire-to-drc.html
Franco, King of African Rumba - 3quarksdaily
But while African Jazz continued to look to outside influences, Franco and O.K. Jazz turned to Congolese traditions. He shaped the Cuban rumba into the 'rumba odemba', named after an aphrodisiac tree bark still popular in bars and nightclubs today. ... While Franco's music was played on Western instruments, by the late 1960s it was already unmistakably African. In practice, authenticité meant that Congo became Zaire; Leopoldville became Kinshasa. All across the country, ...
http://3quarksdaily.blogs.com/3quarksdaily/2008/03/sandlines-franc.html
Dubai International Film Festival Receives Over 900 Entries For ...
The entries are from more than 62 nations across Asia, Africa, the Americas, Australia and Europe. The documentaries, short films and feature films will compete for 28 prizes in acting, cinematography, editing, music and ... The Muhr AsiaAfrica competition, currently in its second year, received over 513 entries in the three categories. Entries came from more than 33 nations, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in South Asia; Iran, Afghanistan, Mongolia, ...
http://www.dubaicityguide.com/site/news/news-details.asp?newsid=26486
Sheryl Gambo – Congolese Afro Soul Diva on AfricanLoft (english ...
You're definitely right. Congolese music, Rumba, Soukous, Ndombolo is popular worldwide and I'm proud of it. However, it should be noted that those Urban music styles are only a small part of Congo's cultural legacy. .... with warm and kind people, tasty soul food like “saka saka”, rich literature, good music and a nice landscape. Each year we have an international cultural festival entitled FESPAM which provides a genuine platform for all cultural genres of Africa. ...
http://www.deesoulintown.com/cms01/?p=53
Last call for Muhr Awards 2009 - Dubai Chronicle
The prestigious jury panels honour outstanding work in acting, cinematography, editing, music and scriptwriting in the feature film category, in addition to the best film and a special jury prize. ... Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, People's Republic of China, Republic of China (Taiwan), Congo – Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Congo (Zaire), Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, ...
http://www.dubaichronicle.com/life/art/last-call-for-muhr-awards-2009-2-weeks-to-go-for-best-of-arab-asian-african-cinema-to-qualify-for-diff-honours-13226
AVENUE OF BROKEN DREAMS - TOYS IN THE ATTIC IV: ICONIC MOMENTS OF ...
As the state of Zaire (now Congo) declared its independence and the Belgium King Baudouin and President Joseph Kasavubu drove along the boulevard in an open car, On the way into Leopoldville from the airport, an exuberant .... As he grew old, Johnny Cash came to resent the Nashville country-music establishment, which all but abandoned him and the other aging “country” artists who had defined the genre to embrace new pop-oriented country artists like Garth Brooks. ...
http://dreamer-magna.blogspot.com/2009/11/iconic-moments-of-29th-century.html
Iconic Photos | Crack Two
It won the European Art Director Club award for the best 1991 campaign and the Houston International Center of Photography's Infinity Award. In 2003 the photo was included in the Life magazine collection '100 Photos that changed the world'. ... As the state of Zaire (now Congo) declared its independence and the Belgium King Baudouin and President Joseph Kasavubu drove along the boulevard in an open car, On the way into Leopoldville from the airport, an exuberant ...
http://www.cracktwo.com/2009/11/iconic-photos.html
East Africa: Seventies Music is All the Rage Again « My Africa
Ironically, their hits borrow liberally not only the popular East African music of that time but also from Congolese stars of the past such as Tabu Ley and Franco, whose successors they are displacing in the Tanzanian scene. ... One of the bestsellers in this category is Maquis Du Zaire's Seya, remixed by Nguza Viking and his son Papii Cocha. DDC Milimani Park have reworked their 1970s numbers while Ottu Jazz, who have been around for 40 years – the band was formed in ...
http://myafrica.wordpress.com/2006/10/29/east-africa-seventies-music-is-all-the-rage-again/
