African or Congolese rumba (also known as soukous, lingala or congo) is a musical genre born in the 1930s in the Belgian Congo and French Congo, and later spread throughout Africa. It was among the musical genres that most marked the history of African music of the colonial and post-colonial era; it has given rise to numerous sub-genres and influenced light and pop music in many countries. Radio Belela is the expression of African rumba