Last week a French judge charged Congolese music star Koffi Olomide with three counts of rape and illegal confinement after complaints from three of his former backup dancers. A former dancer had filed a complaint in 2006 and that two years later two more dancers followed suit. One of the plaintiffs was a minor at [...]
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Fally Ipupa: Rumba’s Hottest Act
Posted by Three Men on a Boat on January 14th, 2012
Fally Ipupa the singer-songwriter from the Democratic Republic of the Congo is probably the hottest thing in Rumba right now. Fally started his musical career at a very young age where he performed on Congolese streets. He was noticed by the acclaimed group Quartier Latin, who then asked him to play guitar for them. He [...]

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