Congo Comes to Paris: Soukous in the '80s and '90s

While soukous experienced a golden age in the ‘50s and ‘60s, it remained essential dance music both in Paris and throughout Africa for decades to come. Derived from Cuban rumba and developed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), the genre drew on big band rhythms and jazzy guitars, culminating in music that never fails to get you moving.