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