Did you know Lingala is connected to Cuban jazz and rumba? 🎶 Congolese rumba and Cuban music share the same African roots. Rhythms from Central Africa traveled to Cuba, helped shape Afro-Cuban jazz and rumba, then came back to Africa in the 1950s. Lingala became the language of Congolese rumba — a musical, rhythmic language made for singing and emotion. If you love jazz, rumba, and African culture, learning Lingala is discovering a global musical story 🌍🎶