Revue Noire N°21 : KINSHASA + CD new music "RN in KIN"         EXTRACT (THE 30 FIRST PAGES OF THE MAGAZINE / 96 p.)

Editors Jean Loup Pivin and Françis Articlaut. Contemporary art in Kinshasa, DRCongo (Zaïre) : art, photo, literature, dance, theatre, music, architecture, heritage, design, ritual art, talks, memory, art news. Edition March 1996. In French and English. 96 pages 23x33 cm.      (available 30 €)

A Song in the City
Shrill voices that shoot right through your heart ; slightly oily bodies, devilishly clad in printed silk shirts and litany-marked suits saunter onto a stage that’s too small in wastelands or working class houses transformed for the night ; mostly male bodies on the dance floor waiting for the middle of the night and gallons of beer before starting to dance, alone, dancing till delirium to an endless seething hypnotic rhythm all through a night that may have no day.
Deafening music is everywhere, dance and electric guitars playing endlessly. Everyone dances, the middle class, the beggars, the madmen.(…)
It is 5.00 am. Day breaks onto an orchestra of an endless song. The dance floor is full of rhythm, riveting the bodies. Shapes sleep on chairs and benches, others are still moving. The saturated music saturated everyone’s weariness a long time ago. To never stop dancing, to never stop sleeping in the only possible home : music.   (editorial extract  J.L. Pivin)

CONTENTS RN 21 KINSHASA + CD "RN in KIN" :

ART / Pume, Siama Kibangu, Wabeladio Payi, Nicolas Mamba Timbuji, Francis Mampuya Kitah, Germain Kapend Tambuye, Freddy Bienvenue Tsimba, Raymonds Tsham Mateng, Marie Muendo, Chéri Samba, Emmanuel Botala Tala Bolofe, Moké, Cheik Leddy, Bodys Isek Kingelez, Moseka, Mpane Enkobo, Toma Muteba Luntumbue, Manga Mpoo, Botembe, Bila Kondé, Nginamau Lukiesamio, Tamba Ndembe, Liyolo Limbé M'Puanga, Bamba Ndombasi Kufimba, Luesa Kanyunyu, Nkusu Felelo, Lufwa Mawidi, Wuma Mbambila, Sadi Matamba, Makika Makala Mbuta, Bela, Atoinet, Mode Miuntu, Mwenze, Lubaki, Pili Pili, Tseyela Ntendu, Kanga Lokake, Pap' Emma

PHOTO / Jean Depara, Antoine Freitas, Georges Manteya Freitas, Oscar Memba Freitas, Studio 3 Z, Dieudonné Nzundu Kikanda / Yves Pitchen

LITERATURE / Monoko K'eh'um Ize, Lye M. Yoka, Vincent Lombume Kalimasi, Olivier Sangi Lutondo

CINEMA / Ndjaté Wootoo, Mweze Ngangura, Joseph Kumbela

MUSIC CD "RN in KIN" / Négro Punch, Serge et Dechaux, Didier Kisala, Djonimbo, Bawa Basekwi, New Moon, C'Est Ça Mon Job, Petit Jazz, Nsumuenu, Maisha, Africa Folk, C'Est Ça Musica,

DESIGN FASHION / Aubin Dinsundi

TALKS MEMORY / Célestin Badibanga Ne Mwine, John Grinling

ART NEWS  / African artists and AIDS, Kacimi

EXTRAIT (LES 30 PREMIERES PAGES DU MAGAZINE / 96 p.) :