This year I set myself a goal of going to as many african concerts as possible, but i struggled to find the concerts when they were advertised so I made a free website. So far I went and saw Kanda Bongo Man.

Concerts congolais à Londres, chaque semaine, gratuit.

https://africangigguide.co.uk/country/dr-congo?ref=reddit-congo

https://www.instagram.com/africangigguide/

https://www.tiktok.com/@africangigguide

It's completely free, no ads, no cookies, and there's a weekly mailing list if you'd like it: one short email every Monday with that week's gigs. The Instagram and TikTok are for the concerts I film, and I usually do collab posts with the artists. If you know a Congolese gig in London I haven't listed, tell me.

Matondo for letting me visit your subreddit.

Is there a place to play chess in kinshasa?

Is there a chess community here?

I come in peace, but also a bit frustrated. I am Congolese but I was born in Goma and am a refugee in Uganda another third world country and ever since I've been going through an existential crisis, I've wished to go back. But most of the Congolese hate the country, especially young people, and I know that the country is messed up, decades of war, broken infrastructure and institutions and lack of opportunities, all this I get, perhaps not but I do. But it isn't more different from here in Uganda, whose youth also cry about the system.

Most Congolese I've met want to go abroad, escape the chaos, live better which is totally fine but if we all empty the country, WHO will fix it? We are always expecting the GOVERNMENT to save us yet they operate on a different planet, why not fight for our future, until when shall we keep complaining as Congolese! Whether the government or the rebels or whoever wins, our voices will always matter less if we don't SCREAM. Shall we all leave the country to the Rwandans and every other nation that is profiting off our mediocrity and naivety? When shall we all fight as ONE?

Instead of fighting the system, it's either we fighting each other or lousing our lives out. I agree with every Congolese, things are messed up, but whining won't turn our country into the FIRST WORLD COUNTRY we all desire, all because we have let the GUNS, THE MEN ON THE THRONES AND DECADES OF TRAUMA condition us as such!!!

So if anyone will tell me, what can be done to save ourselves or are we COMPLETELY A LOST CAUSE OF A PEOPLE AND A NATION???!!!

I’ve been researching nations/ethnicities of the Congo and allegedly this is a “pre-colonial” hairstyle among Penbe men (Fig 18). Is this true? I know there are differences between Eastern and Western demographics of the Penbe.

If this is an inappropriate question I will accept the input and delete the post.

Salut tout le monde !

Je suis heureux de vous présenter Jogolinga, une application que j’ai développée pour faciliter l’apprentissage du lingala et de nombreuses autres langues africaines.

L’objectif est simple : rendre les langues africaines plus accessibles à tous, que vous souhaitiez apprendre la langue de vos origines, communiquer avec votre famille, découvrir une nouvelle culture ou simplement apprendre quelque chose de nouveau.

Je ne compte pas m'arrêter à ces langues mais je souhaite mettre en évidence les liens (ethymologie, culture etc...) entre chacune d'entre elles.

📱 Vous pouvez découvrir l’application ici :
https://jogolinga.app

L’application est également disponible sur Google Play. Une version pour iOS est prévue prochainement.

Comme il s’agit d’un projet que je développe moi-même, vos retours me seraient vraiment précieux !

N’hésitez pas à essayer l’application et à me dire ce que vous en pensez :

• Quelles fonctionnalités aimeriez-vous voir ?
• Qu’est-ce qui pourrait améliorer votre expérience d’apprentissage ?
• Quelles langues africaines aimeriez-vous apprendre ?

Has anyone travelled to Turkey with a DRC passport? Or know anyone who has? 🇨🇩🇹🇷

How much did the visa cost, and what was the application process? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

Selling 2x tickets for Fally Ipupa concert
Sunday 25th October

Section 102, transferable on AXS

Hello family, 👋. I came across this song in a youtube mix and it really has a vibe on me. I need someone to help me out with the words please. Need to sing it for someone I do love.

I've been traveling across Africa, and mobile for local transactions is the way people are living now. People don't take as many cash as us in Congo. And I want to get a better understanding of this phenomenon. What's blocking it? Why aren't people adopting mobile money? And most importantly, I want to hear your ideas on how this can change? how to get ourselves used to electronic payment?

Good evening,

I’m a sudanese refugee, located in Uganda now, I got a job offer in DRC, Kinshasa to be exact, I checked on the internet and the cost of living is really high, how much is the rent and monthly expenses for one individual?? I wanna know is it really that high, especially for someone how wants to support families in two other countries!?

Thank you!

I am from neighbouring Zambia, and I have been interested in Congolese politics and I want to know if any Congolese supports federalism given that the centralisation hasn't worked well in the DRC due the country being large with the capital Kinshasa located far from other provinces which explains why the eastern part of the country is plagued in conflict as the government can't manage the eastern part of the country due to the seat of the government located far away in the western part of the country and not located in the central part of the country where it could have managed to deal with the conflicts in the eastern part of the country as well as ethnic groups who feel neglected by the central government in kinshasa in the eastern and southern part of the country? Does any Congolese support federalism or not? Let me know!

Bonjour à tous, j'espère que vous allez bien.

Je suis un jeune congolais de 18ans vivant à Lubumbashi et je commence à un peu trop penser à mon avenir 😅

J'ai toujours été bon à l'école, j'ai réalisé 73% aux Exetat de cette année en électricité industrielle...même si je sais que ca ne garantit rien dans notre cher pays 👀

Je continues à améliorer mes compétences en simulations électriques et électroniques, j'ai plusieurs projets technologiques pour l'avenir, je compte aller en filière électromécanique, et j'ai décidé de prendre une année sabbatique pour mieux structurer mes objectifs avant l'Université...

Mais, depuis un temps, je suis tracassé par la petite voix dans ma tête me demandant de penser plusieurs années d'avance dans le futur 😆

Alors je vous demande, à certains/certaines d'entre vous qui êtes déjà expérimentés, comment me preparer et quelles sont les choses à savoir pour s'apprêter à investir intelligemment ???

Je vise aussi obtenir une bourse au moins pour mon master(dans longtemps 😆). Connaissez-vous des tactiques/habitudes/recherches à mettre en place ou même des universités favorables pour en decrocher avec des avantages assez acceptables ???

N.B : je ne cherche pas vraiment la facilité pour mes objectifs. Si vous avez des conseils/tactiques qui peuvent paraître durs, je suis prêts à les appliquer si ça en vaut la peine...

Hey Family. I’ve matched with a cousin who I’m sure is from DRC. I tried to reach her but she hasn’t been on ancestry since last year. I’m wondering if anyone can tell me what ethnic group the surname “Kanda” most likely comes from. I’ve been told it has Bakongo origin but that it could also be Luba or even Lunda.

Hey guys, im a Congolese teenager living in London. My Lingala is very poor and I need to improve ASAP. Are there any Congolese hubs, clubs teaching Lingala?

Some were released after Chinese embassy intervention. This targets unauthorised operators, not Chinese mining investment generally.

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Mbote na bino nyonso!

This lesson presents common Lingala expressions used when visiting family or friends.

1. ko ko koo … nani kuna? … kota!

   toc toc toc … who is there? … come in!

2. mbote!

   Hello! Good morning! Good afternoon!

3. boyei elamu!

   Welcome!

4. boyei elamu epayi na biso!

   Welcome to our house!

5. boni nzoto?

   How are you? How are you doing?

6. boni sante?

   How is your health? How are you?

7. boni epayi na bino?

   How are things at your house?

8. boni na ndako?

   How are things at home?

9. toyambi bapaya!

   We have visitors!

10. toyei kotala bino

We came to visit you / to return your visit

1. ozali malamu? (oza malamu?)
   

Are you okay?

1. sango boni? / sango nini?
   

How are you? What’s the news? What’s new?

1. sango te!
   

Things are going well! No news!

1. eh, nazali malamu!
   

Yes, I’m fine!

1. nazali malamu te
   

I’m not well

1. nazoyoka nzoto malamu te!
   

I don’t feel well!

1. yambi!
   

Welcome!

1. bokomela nini?
   

What will you have (to drink)?

1. omelaka biele?
   

Do you usually drink beer?

1. posa ya kolia elongo na bino!
   

I want to eat with you!

1. tokende na mesa
   

Let’s go to the table

1. bolei elamu!
   

Enjoy your meal! Bon appétit!

1. yaka tobina
   

Come and dance with me

1. natiki bino!
   

I leave you! Goodbye!

1. tokomonana mbala sima!
   

See you next time! Bye-bye!

1. tozokende na makolo
   

We are going on foot

1. tozozela bino mokolo ya poso
   

We are waiting for you next Saturday

1. mbote mingi na …
   

Hello to … (greetings to someone)

1. yaka tokende!
   

Come on, let’s go!

1. bokende bolamu!
   

Have a good trip! Safe journey!

1. mokolo malamu!
   

Have a good day!

1. mbotama elamu!
   

Happy Birthday!

1. butu elamu!
   

Good night!

1. pongi elamu!
   

Sleep well! Good night!

How can millions of personal names help us understand the linguistic and cultural diversity of an entire country? A new open-access dataset from the Democratic Republic of the Congo offers researchers an important resource for exploring this question.

Published on 8 July 2026 in the journal Data, the study “CongoNames Corpus: A Large-Scale Labeled Dataset of Congolese Personal Names” introduces a collection of more than 8 million personal-name records, compiled from national secondary-school examination results.

The corpus was developed by Tshabu Ngandu Bernard, Cansa Kayembe Amaury and Mpyana Mwamba Merlec, researchers affiliated with Université Nouveaux Horizons in Lubumbashi and Korea University in Seoul.

The authors present CongoNames as the first large-scale, openly available structured corpus of personal names from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Its significance extends beyond computational linguistics: it provides new opportunities for quantitative anthroponymy, sociolinguistics, language-contact research and the geographical study of personal names. More

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Mbote na bino nyonso! Welcome back to our Lingala class forum.

Today, we are exploring descriptive adjectives and coordinating conjunctions.

Adjectives help us describe qualities, sizes, and states, while conjunctions allow us to connect thoughts, clauses, and sentences smoothly. Below is a structured guide with translations and usage notes.

1. Descriptive Adjectives (Adjectifs qualificatifs)

I. Kitoko

Beautiful / Pretty / Nice

II. Monene (plural: Minene)

Big / Large / Great

III. Mokuse (plural: Mikuse)

Short / Brief

IV. Molayi (plural: Milayi)

Long / Tall

V. Makasi

Strong / Hard / Difficult / Loud

VI. Malamu

Good / Well / Fine

VII. Mabe

Bad / Ugly / Evil

VIII. Ya sika

New / Fresh

IX. Ya kala

Old / Ancient

X. Pamba

Empty / Worthless / Free / Just like that

1. Conjunctions (Bokabwani mpe Bokatisi ya Maloba)

I. Mpé / Pe

And / Also / Too

II. Kasi / Kasi nzoka

But / However

III. To

Or / Either

IV. Pona / Pona mpo

Because / For / In order to

V. Soki

If / When (Conditional)

VI. Tango

When / While / Time

VII. Elongo na / Na

With / Together with

Practice combining these adjectives and conjunctions to build descriptive sentences, and drop an example in the comments using 'kitoko' or 'kasi'!