"As the dancer staggered off, a small man wearing big shades, an Arab djellaba and a Turkish fez seized the microphone. 'Thank you for coming,' he said, thwacking the stage with a camel-prod. 'You have proved that I, a journalist, am as famous as a musician!' This was Zacharie Bababaswe (above), whose brief homecoming to Kinshasa the audience was celebrating.
A brief look at Rumba in the Congo