In 2010, a group of Kinshasa street musicians, several of them left paraplegic by childhood polio, caused a sensation in Europe. Calling themselves Staff Benda Bilili, the penurious band wowed audiences with Congolese rumba, combining…
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‘Kinshasa Kids’ street movie delights home crowd in DR Congo
As the images fade on the crumpled sheet doubling as a movie screen, 400 exuberant teenagers clap hands to the beat of the closing number of “Kinshasa Kids”, the award-winning movie finally come home. The…