AS YOU CLIMB the dimly lit staircase at La Crèche nightclub in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, you may hear a man’s high, lilting voice drifting from the rooftop. There, ...

The late Papa Wemba was one of rumba's biggest stars One of the most influential genres of African music and dance, Congolese rumba, now has Unesco-protected status. It is the culmination of ...

Amid the growth of its Spanish-speaking population, Newark’s South Ward will host its annual Rumba Latina festival on Saturday, Sept. 27. The festival runs from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Clinton Avenue ...

Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we shine a spotlight on key executives and companies shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week, we’re talking to famed ...

Speaking about the routine on It Takes Two tonight, October 27, judge Craig Revel Horwood said he thought the routine, that ...

One of Africa's biggest hitmakers, Tabu Ley Rochereau, a star with a honeyed voice who went on to become one of the continent's most successful music impresarios, died Saturday. He never truly ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 7 — Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir today joked that he may have “two to three ...

On Sunday afternoons in Havana and nearby Matanzas, it’s not unusual to see Cubans make drums out of stools, domino tables, and glass bottles—and erupt into a spontaneous gathering of song and dance.

Last night’s dance couldn’t have taken me further outside of my comfort zone: An open shirt, a spray tan and the rumba… All week my team kept telling me, “make sure you don’t count the ‘Mississippis’!