African Fiesta

Congolese singer Tabu Ley Rochereau performs on stage at Afrika Festival on June 28, 2003 in Hertme, Netherlands.

Tabu Ley is the man who brought us Congolese soukous music

December 2, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

The inventor of Congolese soukous music has passed away. Tabu Ley Rochereau died Saturday in Belgium. The World’s host Marco Werman talks about Tabu with Chris McCarus, a radio reporter from Detroit who went to Congo to meet the stars of soukous and wound up in Tabu’s home.