The Legend of an African Music Giant: Franco Luambo Makiadi' s Revolution In Music: Franco pioneered and popularized Rumba style in the 1950’s, 1960's, 1970’s and 1980's. "The African Music Giant" well known as Franco Luambo Makiadi was one of the most celebrated and innovative African musicians in the history of 20th century music in Africa. With a career that lasted about 4 decades, Franco Luambo Makiadi truly was bigger than life, inspirational, revolutionary and iconic throughout the...

A conversation with Congolese journalist and filmmaker Sarah M. Kazadi based in New York City. Her work has been featured in the NYTimes, CBS Sports, Newsweek and other news outlets. Sarah has spent the last few years reporting and producing news stories in the United States, Haiti, Italy, Brazil and her homeland of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Her first short documentary, "ELIKYA," showed how young women in the Congo use basketball as a ticket to a brighter future. It was an...

IN MEMORIAM: KIRIPI KATEMBO SIKU AN ACCLAIMED CONGOLESE PHOTOGRAPHER, PAINTER AND A FILM PRODUCER HAS LEFT BEHIND A BRILLIANT LEGACY. - A special tribute to the Congolese photographer, painter, and film producer Kiripi Katembo Siku who has died on August 5, 2015 at a young age of 36 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. We will talk about his work as a film producer, film maker, painter and photographer including his brilliant legacy as a Congolese leader among an emerging youth...

"Emerging African Young Professionals: A conversation between CongoLive's Patricia Lokwa and a New York 1 TV Personality, Naomi Yane." Naomi Yane joined NY1 as a traffic reporter in July of 2010. She previously worked as a traffic producer with Metro Networks/Shadow Traffic at WCBS-TV. Prior to that, she interned as a reporter and writer at the United Nations English-language radio unit. Yané is a New York native with roots in The Democratic Republic of the Congo. She speaks four languages...

This Congo Live episode focuses on gender issues in agriculture in DRC and across Africa, and our guest Dr. Annie Kinwa-Muzinga discusses the role of women's organizations in empowering rural women across the continent. Dr. Kinwa-Muzinga is a renowned author, scholar, and lecturer,

This Congo Live episode features opportunity in ‪Congo‬ and across the continent in the areas of business, technology, politics, and art. Our guest, Mr. Ngozu Kulya, is a Congolese businessman, analyst, and art collector based in the Washington, DC area. Mr. Kulya specializes in topics such as Sino-African relations, African governance, African art, and business and technology investment on the continent.

Congo Live invited the creator and the host of the very successful radio show RM SHOW on Voice of America in Washington, DC, Mr. Roger Muntu. The show was a conversation with this very warm, funny, open and positively dynamic international radio and TV personality. A multi-talented star born and raised in the Congo, Roger Muntu shared with the Congo Live team how he started, what inspired him to shoot for the stars and how he keeps Congo alive in his work.

Professor Dawson shares more in this episode about the ways that ‪‎Kongo‬ culture continues to influence life in the global Congolese diaspora! Professor C. Daniel Dawson joined Congo Live for another informative journey into the traditions of the ancient Kongo Kingdom that manifest in contemporary traditions in the Americas.

This Congo Live episode features the inspiring story of Mrs. Regina Bakala, a Congolese mother of two whose story inspires us all to stay faithful in time of adversity. Mrs. Bakala shares with us how she ended up in jail awaiting to be deported back to Congo and how her community fought for her to stay in this country. She is now a US citizen since May 2015.

Professor Dawson shared with Congo Live audience how to learn more about Kongo culture and ancient influences on today's diaspora in the Americas. He addressed the following topic: ‎BEYOND AFRICA‬: The Presence and Influence of the Kongo Kingdom in the Americas!

Today's show features Muadi Mukenge, Program Director for Sub-Saharan Africa at the Global Fund for Women. Muadi's work focuses on female leadership in conflict resolution and empowerment for rural women.

Congolive engages JJ Bola, London-based poet, educator, and speaker in a wide-ranging discussion on culture, history, politics and the Congolese Diaspora in the UK. Much of Bola's work focuses on his origins in the DR Congo and experiences of migration and otherness-but also of hope, and humanity. “What is most striking about JJ Bola is his ability to express through poetry the injustices that mar our world today.”

Today's show discussed the Congolese diaspora experience and highlight ways that Congolese immigrants continue to make a lasting impact on their communities in the United States, in their native Congo, and across the globe.

On Wednesday May 6, 2015, the government of Cote d'Ivoire banned skin-whitening creams citing health risks caused by the use of these creams. This has generated much-needed discussion around the use of these creams on the African continent and in the diaspora. Our guest, Dr. Anne Lihau-N’kanza, a Congolese surgeon trained in Trauma and critical care joined us to discuss this very important issue affecting not only in Cote d'Ivoire, Congo but around the world.

This Saturday, Congolese cultural worker, Sabrina Moella joined us. She is the creator of the remarkable one-woman play "Made in Congo: From Kinshasa to Broadway." We discussed her career as an artist and how Congolese are making a difference in their communities. Sabrina Moella is a writer, a performer, a producer and a filmmaker based in Toronto. Born in France from Congolese parents, she grew up in Paris and started writing as soon as she was old enough to hold a pen.

We celebrate our mothers and the ancestral wisdom of the Congo going through generations of women leaders such as Kimpa Vita, Mama Onema, Sophie Kanza and many more. Mr. Lubangi Muniania was our special guest for today's show.

James L. Hope joins Congo Live! to discuss his time in the Congo and the current situation in Baltimore. He was also in the Congo in the 1960s and kept the tradition alive of supporting liberation movement on the African continent. We will also discuss current affairs in Baltimore. Bio: James L. Hope is the International Advisor of the African Scientific Institute (ASI). He first set foot on the African Continent in 1951 when his ship stopped in Alexandria, Egypt on its way to Beirut,...

Dr Yvonne Seon - From Washington to the Congo: How I met Lumumba by Congo Live