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Congolese rumba (also known as Lingala ) is a popular genre of dance music that originated in the Congo basin during the 1940s, with strong similarities to Cuban son . The style gained popularity throughout Africa during the 1960s and '70s.
It is known as Lingala in Kenya , Uganda and Tanzania after the Lingala language of the lyrics of the majority of the songs. In Zambia and Zimbabwe, where Congolese music is also influential, it is still usually referred to as rumba. Today, it incorporates other styles such as the kwasa kwasa and the fast tempo zouk . It is also an individual dance.
In the 1930s and 1940s, Afro-Cuban son groups such as Septeto Habanero , Trio Matamoros and Los Guaracheros de Oriente were played over Radio Congo Belge in Léopoldville ( Kinshasa ), gaining widespread populariry in the country during the following decades. Once local bands tried to emulate the sound of Cuban son (incorrectly referred to as "rumba" in Africa, despite being unrelated to Cuban rumba ), their music became known as "soukous", a derivative of the French word "secouer" (literally, "to shake"). B