Organized by the Wallonia-Brussels Center in Kinshasa, the festival was dedicated to celebrating peace, cultural resistance and pan-African unity, through a mixture of rhythms, from reggae to socially committed music.

This Saturday’s event will feature a performance by the Wallonia-Brussels Children’s Choir, a product of the 2024 summer camp program of children and teenagers between the ages of eight and 18, who will raise their voices in a call for an end to conflict and hope for all.

The executive director of the Wallonia-Brussels Center, Cécile Djunga, told the press that training workshops for artists and cultural journalists will be held in parallel to the event.

Young people such as the Owele group from the port city of Matadi in the province of Kongo Central, and Ntemo wa Nsilulu from Kinshasa, were present the day before at the inauguration.

Other artists present at the festival include Belgian poet Joy Slam, as well as Sina, DJ Wendy and singer Lassa Plamedie from Kinshasa and also JKM Rambo, rising star of Swahili rap and reggae in the Great Lakes region and founder of the Rambo Music collective.

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