music

cross-posted from: https://baraza.africa/post/28510

Congolese rumba is a musical genre and a dance common in urban areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo. Generally danced by a male-female couple, it is a multicultural form of expression originating from an ancient dance called nkumba (meaning ‘waist’ in Kikongo).

We anticipate some pushback to this work – those who will say that the arts should be off-limits from AI, and that AI has no business trying to replicate the human creative process. Yet when it comes to the arts, I see AI not as a replacement, but as a tool – one that opens doors for artists to express themselves in new ways.

In a later interview, Haacaaluu revealed that he had come to that event knowing the power of his message and the resistance/revolution that it represented. He understood that EPRDF government stalwarts, including those to be in attendance, would be highly offended by his gerarsaa, but the youth would be inspired. He was committed to conveying the message for the people and especially for the youth in the audience. He was always prepared to face the consequences of exposing unjust conditions. The performance rocked the house.

Boubacar Traoré (re)connects Mali with the Southern States of the USA.

At their peak, there were “at least 400 to 500 black-owned record stores—and probably closer to one thousand,” Davis writes. For their customers, each represented much more than a place to listen to the latest Curtis Mayfield or Joe Tex release (although that’s a great reason to exist), but a chance to belong to something greater.