Rumba maestro Samba Mapangala is back home after an overseas sojourn. Mapangala, who started the year with the release of a digital-only album and a series of high-profile performances, is known for ...

Congolese vocalist Samba Mapangala and the various editions of his Orchestra Virunga pop the cork on musical champagne that’s surprisingly bubbly, sweet and tangy, that tickles your senses and ...

Camille Cox of Lititz, left, and Frances Thiry of Manheim Township, both age 9, execute dance moves with a Samba Mapangala dancer onstage at Long's Park on Sunday. The East African ensemble led by ...

Congolese Rumba. Even the name is enticing and exotic. The genre is a synergistic hybrid of African and Cuban music. It’s a delightful energetic dance music that would make you forget that Congo is ...

A Kenyan legend of '70s East African rumba music, Samba Mapangala was understandably proud when Barack Obama was elected president. He even wrote a song, “Obama Ubarikiwe” roughly translated as “Obama ...

He has been on the music scene for over forty years and made more than a dozen albums. The musician Samba Mapangala was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo but became an established name across ...