DRC: Congolese music put to the test of the digital transition

From g.

to d.

: Yekima De Bel Art, Jossart N'Yoka Longo, Alain Foka, Barbara Kanam and Céline Banza © Sébastien Faye

By: Alain Foka Follow

1 min

Telegraphone, vinyl record, tape recorder, audio cassette, floppy disk, compact disc, among others, the media have multiplied to disseminate and popularize music across the planet.

Today, in the virtual era, it is on download platforms that artists are listened to.

A new technical and commercial approach to which musicians but also music-loving consumers around the world must adapt.

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What about the Democratic Republic of Congo, country of Franco, Papa Wemba, Kester Emeneya, Mbilia Bel, Fally Ipupa, Koffi Olomidé, how do producers and musicians integrate this new economic model into the country of rumba?

With our guests:

Jossart N'Yoka Longo

, leader of the Zaïko Langa Langa group

Barbara Kanam

, singer, producer via her label Kanam Music

Céline Banza

, artist, 2019 winner of the RFI Discovery Prize

Yekima De Bel Art

,

slam

artist, songwriter

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