Congo’s government has banned songs that annoy it
President Tshisekedi is averse to adverse verse
“I CONSIDER MYSELF to be like a mosquito,” says Bob Elvis, a musician, from his studio in downtown Kinshasa, the sprawling capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. “I may be small but I can annoy you all night long, by singing, biting and not leaving you alone.”
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Zapping the rap”
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