Rumba congolaise, les héroïnes | movie | 2025 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

French-language documentary on the History of Congolese rumba. | dG1fandxc2NrcFdVZDg

Transcript

00:00I do the rumba, a pure rumba congolaise.

00:10We can't talk about the emancipation of women congolaises without talking about the rumba.

00:17The rumba retrace our history.

00:19During the colonization, women are not allowed to come to the city, so we decide to tax them.

00:25Woman, it's already difficult. Musician, it's even more difficult.

00:32Colleen Lissanga, Marcel Ebibi, Lucia Yenga.

00:36Mama Lissi Yenga, it's a very important person in our music, in our culture.

00:41Women who have proved courage.

00:43When I heard all these stories of men who were violated, I wanted to be désolidarized by the masculine.

00:48We've always used the rumba congolaise to allow them to find the lightness and recreation they had when they were little.

00:57I really want to make a real rumba, to defend my country and the women of my country.

01:04We need to fight. We need to fight.

01:06We need to fight.

01:07We need to fight.

01:08We need that.

01:10We need to fight actions, declarations in our culture, Max.

01:13We need to fight to fight.

01:14Remember us!

01:16giggles