Central Africa
Centred on the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its neighbours. The region gave rise to Congolese Rumba and its faster offshoot Soukous, exporting a guitar-band sound that dominated African pop from the 1960s through the 1990s.
Genres from this region
Folk & WorldSoukous
Latin & CaribbeanCongolese Rumba
PopNdombolo
Folk & WorldBikutsi
Hip Hop / R&BMakossa
Folk & WorldAka Pygmy Polyphony
