The spread of the deadly haemorrhagic fever is unfolding a region that is at the epicentre of fighting between the army and armed groups.
While the global music industry obsesses over Afrobeats' commercial ascent, the ongoing humanitarian crisis in eastern DRC, where Ebola spreads unchecked amid armed conflict, exposes the selective attention paid to African stories that don't generate streaming revenue or festival headlines. The same international community that eagerly platforms Congolese musical heritage remains conspicuously absent when Congolese lives hang in the balance, revealing how cultural extraction continues even in our supposed era of African music's "global moment."
While the global music industry obsesses over Afrobeats' commercial ascent, the ongoing humanitarian crisis in eastern DRC, where Ebola spreads unchecked amid armed conflict, exposes the selective attention paid to African stories that don't generate streaming revenue or festival headlines. The same international community that eagerly platforms Congolese musical heritage remains conspicuously absent when Congolese lives hang in the balance, revealing how cultural extraction continues even in our supposed era of African music's "global moment."
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