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Congolese rumba, music caught between neglect and nostalgia
The museum, in Papa Wemba's former home, supports preservation efforts including classes and transcription projects amid concerns younger generations favor foreign music.
- Housed in Papa Wemba's former residence, the National Museum of Rumba in Kinshasa opened in December, showcasing clothing, instruments, and plans for tours, conferences, and concerts.
- Having made UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list, Congolese rumba faces decline, as Nkiadiasivi added, `Young people do not understand its richness, they're more and more influenced by American, Nigerian and French songs`.
- A long-running transcription project has preserved between 300 and 400 songs, with a researcher and students working around 15 years and INA classes offering rumba history since 2022.
- Despite low museum turnout, a museum assistant director said only about a hundred visitors have come so far, while La Creche continues weekend dances preserving rumba.
- At the National Institute of the Arts in Kinshasa, Michel Lutangamo said `There are lots of very talented artists in the city, but they don't know how to read music because they learnt on the job`.
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Congolese rumba, music caught between neglect and nostalgia
Each weekend, dancers stoked on music and alcohol sway to the old hits on the decrepit rooftop terrace of Kinshasa's venerable La Creche bar like little has changed in the Congolese capital since the 1980s.
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