MEDI1TV Afrique : #Chronique_culture du 28-11-2024 - 28/11/2024
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00:00Welcome to Média TV and we are heading to the Congo to talk about the Congolese Rumba.
00:16And to talk about it, I have the pleasure and the honor to have Fred Mamba on my side.
00:21He is the manager of the Bangutu troop.
00:24Fred Mamba, thank you very much for accepting our invitation.
00:28First of all, a word about the Congolese Rumba.
00:32To put it simply, the Congolese Rumba is a musical style that was born in Cuba.
00:41It is part of the Congo kingdom for the Americans.
00:47These deported people left with their culture to America to give birth to the Cuban Rumba, jazz, gospel and other musical styles.
00:58That's what I want to say about the Rumba.
01:02Fred Mamba, you are the manager of one of the oldest groups in the Congolese Rumba, the Bangutu troop.
01:09It is more than half a century old.
01:12How did this troop survive all this modernity that music has experienced around the world?
01:19The Congolese Rumba has survived all the ups and downs that music has experienced.
01:32The Bangutu troop was created in the 1950s and 1960s,
01:40in the image of low-key jazz, African jazz.
01:44All these orchestras have put the key on the door.
01:48But the Bangutu troop continues its legacy from generation to generation.
01:54It is a fundamental work carried out by the president, Mr. Maurice Nguesso, whom I salute here.
02:02You said it, the Bangutu troop has succeeded, it still holds its course.
02:08It has not put the keys under the door.
02:11What are the secrets of this Congolese Rumba, which has been able to prevail not only on the African continent, but all over the world?
02:20What are the secrets of this Rumba?
02:22The secret is the work.
02:24It must be said that our ancestors had this desire to promote culture and Rumba.
02:33You will remember that in the 1950s, the Rumba, through the Bangutu orchestra,
02:42accompanied several African countries that aspired to independence.
02:47We will remember the Chacha independence of the Grand Calais, this mythical song,
02:52which at one time was like the anthem of African countries.
02:57And the Rumba, to continue, has survived in all the sub-branches and has been renewed from generation to generation.
03:05Today we have a new generation of the Rumba, which is embodied by the artist Feregola, Fali Pupa and many others.
03:15I forgot to mention Papa Wemba, who is one of the emblematic figures of Congolese Rumba.
03:24When we see Congolese Rumba and all its African music, it shares sounds, instruments.
03:35Today you are in Rabat, Morocco.
03:38The Bantou Troupe was born in Morocco during the VISA For Music festival.
03:44What memories do you have of the welcome that the Bantou Troupe received?
03:50And you are here again to promote this group.
03:55What memories do you have of this meeting of Congolese music with the Moroccan public?
04:01Very good question.
04:04When I speak to you, a year ago, I am still under the emotion of the welcome that was reserved for us by the Moroccan public.
04:13And we are still very marked by the welcome of the Moroccan public,
04:20of the director of the festival, Mr. Brahim, whom I greet here.
04:24And it is within the framework of the promotion of Congolese Rumba
04:29that we are still here at the 11th edition of the VISA For Music festival.
04:33And we intend to leave these two aspects of the festival,
04:38that is, the scenic aspect that we had to do last year.
04:41And this year we are here for the meetings.
04:43And we intend to see the Bantou Orchestra in Morocco again, this time as part of the Mawazine festival.
04:54So, maybe one last question.
04:58Congolese Rumba, as we said, is part of the soul of the African continent, of the soul of African music.
05:08When we come to VISA For Music and we see all these musicians who come from all over the world,
05:13there are obviously many from the African continent, many from Morocco,
05:16but they also come from all over the world.
05:20What is your view today on this African music,
05:23which is more and more present on the international level,
05:27which shines on the streaming platforms,
05:29and which has been able to find its place today thanks to these sounds,
05:34even if these are sounds that keep a lot of their tradition and their ancestry?
05:41So, that's a very good question.
05:44We are now in the digital age.
05:46And we are, let's say, we are preservers, we are preservers.
05:58We are, let's say, we are conservators, that's the word.
06:00We are conservators.
06:02And the world today is in profound change, especially in the field of computer science.
06:11And we intend to keep the cultural identity of the rumba.
06:18We don't want to denature it.
06:20It is this message that we are passing on to young artists,
06:24to be able, although there is modernity,
06:28but we must preserve the foundations, the fundamentals of African culture,
06:33and of rumba in particular.
06:35Fred Memba, thank you very much for accepting our invitation.
06:39It's me, it's me who thanks you.
06:41And I remind you that you are the manager of the Bantu troop in Congo.
06:47Thank you very much for accepting our invitation.
06:49And thank you, dear viewers, for your loyalty.
06:53Stay with us.
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