East Bay Express

Kiazi Malonga shares music of the Congo

NGOMA HERITAGE Local Congolese-American drummer Kiazi Malonga is the son of Malonga Casquelourd, founder of Fua Dia Congo, the Oakland-based dance-and-drum group that introduced Congolese music and ...
Los Angeles Times

Miguel ‘Anga’ Diaz, 45; Afro-Cuban Music’s Conga Drum Master

Cuban percussionist Miguel “Anga” Diaz, an acclaimed conga master who perfected a dazzling five-drum technique with a versatility that allowed him to span genres from progressive jazz to traditional ...
Vail Daily

Vail Jazz: How the conga became an important part of jazz

In 1917, Ramon Santamaria Rodriquez was born into poverty in Havana, Cuba. Nicknamed “Mongo” (a tribal chief in Senegal), he began playing the conga drum at an early age and as a teen, Mongo ...
Times Colonist

Congo Square rhythms festival is young, but roots of its music, culture stretch back centuries

FILE - In this May 4, 2012 file photo, the Pedrito Martinez Group performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans. Martinez and the Red Baraat rhythms band are among the acts ...
insider.si.edu

Anthology of the World's Music: Anthology of African Life Congo-Gabon Vol. 1 [sound recording]

"The Integral language of Black Africa" by Leopold Sedar Senghor. Program notes, and texts (in Bantu with English translations) bound into each container. Recorded in: Fort Rousset (Congo (Brazzaville ...