Gaborone — It has been seven years since Frank Lesokwane surrendered his gun and pair of boots and picked up his guitar to make music for the nation. He is now a famed rumba artiste known as Franco.

Despite the advent of new talent into the Rhumba music, Frank "Franco" Lesokwane still manages to claim his position as Rhumba king. The last few years have been testing for the Gabane-born star as he ...

The band strikes up the rumba, and the dance floor in Kinshasa fills with couples who sway to its slinky, sensual rhythm. Rumba has an international following, especially for its brassy Cuban version.

When Kenyan Tiktoker @Veroansalt (real name Veronica Otieno) began posting her singing and dancing videos as she lipsynched to popular classic Congolese Rhumba tunes back in 2021, her homemade videos ...

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Putumayo's compilation of Latin-influenced flamenco music harks directly to the Gipsy Kings' breed of rumba gitana (or rumba flamenco). By Billboard Staff Putumayo’s compilation of Latin-influenced ...