Discover the DRC
Cultural Heritage
From rumba to the masks of the Kuba kingdom, Congolese cultural heritage is one of Africa's most influential and most under-celebrated.
Music
Congolese rumba was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2021. Soukous, ndombolo and the orchestras of Kinshasa shaped popular music across the continent.
Visual arts & fashion
From the Kuba kingdom's textiles and masks to the modernist painters of Lubumbashi and the SAPE movement, Congolese visual culture stands among the most distinctive on the continent.
Languages & literature
French, Lingala, Swahili, Kikongo and Tshiluba — five working languages that carry one of Africa's richest literary traditions, from Sony Labou Tansi to In Koli Jean Bofane.