Unesco honours Congolese rumba as cultural heritage
Congolese singer Papa Wemba performs during a concert in Paris on February 15, 2006. He brought the highly popular sound of Congolese rumba to an international audience. PHOTO | AFP
Unesco has inscribed the Congolese rumba on the list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
The development was announced on Tuesday by Patrick Muyaya, the minister for Communication and the spokesman of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government.
