I started listening to Franco, due to my mother's influence, and today i am more than just a fan, i´m young, but still a big fan. Trying to learn lingala because of his songs🇦🇴
Rhumba is a tribal language we don't want it to become international like english and be spoken by everyone we want to protect our languages, and lingala is not the only language in congo
@@shalbec3232 This literally is a huge soft power to spread one's language all over the world then why wouldn't we want to get our language largely spoken ? It make no sense, I know it belong to bangala people but nowadays lingala is a language which embody the identity of DCR just as Swahili and it can only be good for us if it becomes popular
Did you just say that Congolese people took rumba from Cuba and Latin America? Black Cubans are descendants of Congolese people! Also, "rumba" comes from the Kikongo word "kumba", which means belly button. Today, the BaKongo (which used to constitute a kingdom) are an ethnic group spread out across the DRC, Congo-Brazzaville, Angola and I believe Zambia. So, rumba comes from the way BaKongo people used to dance by moving their waists freely (thus the idea of the belly button). And you see that today, with the way Congolese people dance to Congolese rumba, and Cubans dance to their rumba.
I was also shocked when he said that. I was like: "Really?" For a moment thought that I've been lied lol until I saw your message. Turns out I was not wrong. Thank you, Christine!
What you’re saying is not at all factually valid, Congolese rumba is inspired from this Cuban-son. In the 1930s to 1940s Cuban-Son music was played in Leopoldville on the radio belge station and it got so much widespread popularity in the Congo that local bands in the county tried to emulate it, with early bands like Dr. Nico’s African Fiesta, Grand Kallé African Jazz led by Joseph Kabesele.
@@grandone126 Sure. That's why UNESCO has been proposing to both Congos to officially designate Congolese rumba as part of their cultural heritage, due to the fact that the concept of and culture surrounding rumba originated with baKongo people, right? I'm indifferent to your claim that what I'm saying is not "factually valid". You're free to have your opinion, but it doesn't change what I have learned from listening to historians on news media who have discussed the issue. Additionally, as an undergraduate student, I took an introductory course on pop music in the Caribbean and Latin America. And with regard to every single genre that we discussed in class, the cultural influence of Africans that were brought to the Americas to be enslaved, formed an important part of the development of Caribbean and Latin American musical genres. So, it's not your opinion of what I am saying that is going to make what I know to be any less true, or dissuade me from believing that it is true.
Congolese music bands still don't share the earnings equally its clear some things will never change....But what amazing voices Franco, Simaro, Tabuley, Madilu....heaven must be rythmic and soothing
Good documentary from CCTV, keep it up. Nice to see the son trying to revive TPOK Jazz albeit in low tones, the team underwent serious fragmentation. The dreams are valid, but a hill of a task.
I know, this inferiority complex is also present among the indigenous people of Latin America in which I hear them refer to their natives languages as dialects. It is sad that we still have to deal with the inferiority complex in the 21st century.
@@KingofNewYorkkk The reporter also said Rumba has mix with Latinas, He does not release that all music came from Afrika, The Afrikans who where stolen from Afrika and make into slaves took it over the world , what does Latin know about Music. They should give credit where is due.
Grand Maître akufaki te.... Azali ko vivre na nzela ya ba nzembo na ye. Yoka, tozali kaka koyoka ba nzembo mbula tuku misato na mitano banda liwa na ye na tango te. FRANCO YA IMMORTEL.
@@Laura-sg6ss I agree 100%! Flowing thru the our veins! I hear it in Caribbean music, I hear it in Brazilian music, I hear it in Moorrish (Spanish) music, Mississippi Blues, omg!
@@abdulrahmanraheem423 yep!! And the music made in those places develop in their own new ways and they influence West and Central African music too as time goes by!! It's symbiotic, it's like water, the current flows between the places and takes some beautiful sounds with it!! The music never forgets its people!!! I am very proud to be of African Descent! It's a powerful, joyous feeling!! 🥰❤🖤💚🥰
Never say again that Congolese rumba was expired by the Cuban music. The Cuban slaves were from Africa and majority from Congo and they carried with them the beautiful culture. Kongolese music is the best. Lingala is the national language not a dialect.
fubu b He never said he was the King of our music , he said that he is the King of his genre of music which is tookos music and also congolaise musicians love to give themselves nicknames by their fans.
@@omarioncavani2055 Fally, and I like his music, must pay homage. The problems of Africans is excessive ego, Fally can dance better than Franco but no way is he in the same league as Franco. Not even with Papa Wemba. We need to respect the hustle of those that came before....
D Ha'ton But he never compared himself to those legends , he has always given them the respect they deserve most importantly in all his interviews he has always spoken about the impact of Franco and papa wemba had on his career and how he look up to them when he was at the start of his career. I don’t think he is trying to be like them Fally he is just trying to create his own musical career and build his own legacy.
Kester Emeneya was also named King. Fally is the King of his musical universe, his own kingdom. He has never claimed himself king of rumba. But many call him the Prince of rumba. But his the King of TOKOOOOS, his musical genre mixed from rumba and urban music.
Franco's music was a hit in Uganda....I used to dance to it when I was little. Honestly I did not know that Mario was a complaint😁😁...the rhythm was what always got me
Une legende au vrai sens du titre, pas fabriquée de toutes pièces comme il y a de fabriquée de nos jours. Du même rang avec Rochereau Tabu Ley, grand Kallé, Lutumba Simaro, Emeneya King Kester, papa Wemba, Pepe Kallé,...la liste est courte
Seeing a young Madilu System in the wings only tells you all about the brilliance of the mentor. I can't fully explain the respect i have for these two but only God can understand . RIP to the legends
Am shocked to learn that Franco, my best musician died of HIV. A big lesson to us. As a poor yang man, Franco played music in Oscar Kashama's bar (Oscar Kashama's bar hence the name OK jazz) to earn a living. Letter he dumps his wife for his dancer girl as money starts flying in. Our families, wives n kids stand with us when we r poor. Lets not disregard them when things become good.
Je me pose toujours cette question pendant le 18ans de kabila au pouvoir si le grand été encore vivant est ce qu'il allait faire de chanson contre l pouvoir de kabila où pas ? Paix à vos âmes, grad maître luambo makiadi, ya jean madilu, le poète lutumba simaro, vieux ntessa Daliens, djo mpoyi, le vieux pepe ndombe, lola checain , mayawula mayoni, aimé kiwakana, le vieux decca mpudi , epompo lowayi.
There is something about the DRC. There is so much talent that comes from that country and I do not talk only of music but other spheres of life such as football. the politicians are the ones ruining that great country.
Ahhh Lutumba Simaro Masiya, today you’re no longer with us. Congo in particular and Africa in general has lost a baobab in music. May you keep the ancestors jamming
Rumba is a quite diversified term...... it certainly is the name of a rhythmic style and method, and the name of the dance form. I can't recall where I'd read this new idea but rumba can also be used as the collective term for African and AfroLatino styles---encompassing merengue, salsa, bolero, mambo, son, etc. Fine with me.... :) One reason I appreciate this collective term is that many songs generally called salsa actually may start with a bolero, then main part of song is another style at same tempo, etc. Regardless of labels, it's all the best in the world :)
did he just say that Africa is a century old?? we need to educate ourselves about the motherland and its contribution to the world to get respect and dignity
migf27 lol, right, the birthplace of humanity is young?, but the term "Africa" is young in comparison and maybe he meant independent modern nation/states...but still...rediculous Africans had mastered music before Mozart's forefather's forefathers were born
