"Table Ronde" was a successful song written by Joseph Kabasele in the popular Congolese rumba style and performed by his band L'African Jazz.
It was written for the Round Table Conference on Congolese independence held in Brussels, Belgium in 1960 which gave the song its name.
In December 1959 it was announced that a round table conference would be held in Brussels, Belgium in 1960 to discuss the future of the Belgian Congo.
The song marked a new shift in Congolese popular music away from a care-free attitude towards militant politics.
[2] During the conference the group recorded their two compositions (along with a piece by OK Jazz vocalist Victor Longomba, "Vive Patrice Lumumba") in a His Master's Voice–affiliated studio.