Nyoka Longo proposes the General need of the music to the minister of culture

After more than six years of absence from the country, Jossart Nyoka Longo
went to submit his civilities, Saturday 28 March, the Minister of Culture

and Arts Esdras Kambale in his office in Gombe. Accolades, welcoming and
above all a tribute to the singer and minister to the group Zaiko Langa
Langa, which he said warranted its designation of “Nkolo Mboka” by the
weight of its history, a history marked by the example of his songs and
her dances without any obscenity in contrast to practices more in the
current environment.

About the ministry formed a perch to seize timely Nyoka Longo who, in turn
proposed to his host organization of the States General of the Congolese
music not specifically for clean songs denounce or obscene dances but also
redefine framework that would optimize the use of music in the DRC. A
proposal received by the caller who said that his ministry has already
initiated some important reforms including that the statutes of SONECA and
the ratification of UNESCO Convention on the music. With regard to
infrastructure issues raised by the owner of Zaiko Langa Langa, Minister
Ezra Kambale deplored the case of MONGITA Hall, home of National Ballet,
where the provincial government intends Kinshasa harbor activities. A
situation that exists between the Ministry of Culture and the arts to the
provincial authority of the city of Kinshasa. The Minister also recalled
that the 2 million pledged to the artists are still not released delaying
the resolution of certain problems and the implementation of projects that
remain to be defined.

This meeting could not mask the issue of the social status of musicians
has made in recent times, the subject of appeals for financial assistance
the Minister invited the artists to invest in the cultural industry in a
public / private partnership. On the social, Esdras Kambale said that the
time of the policy of the hand towards the State is over and asked artists
to take an insurance policy with the National Insurance (SONAS). He cited
as an example the case of former musician Zaiko Langa Langa Bakunde Ilo
Pablo who could benefit from care in South Africa through the SONAS.

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