Sometimes getting it half right is better than nothing at all. Papa Wemba had never really done it for me, having heard him from the late 80s onward. The ebullient vocalist s style of cheery soukous ...

Music fans across Africa are mourning the death of Papa Wemba, the musician from the Democratic Republic of Congo who died at the age of 66 after collapsing on stage on Sunday morning. Stars have been ...

Papa Wemba, a musician known around the world as the king of Congolese rumba, has died following a collapse on stage during a concert, officials said. He was 66. Advertisement Article continues below ...

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Beside the music, Papa Wemba tried his hands into films and received critical acclaims but also achieved both fame and notoriety in his male role in the 1987 film, “La Vie Est Belle. In 1997, he got ...

PARIS: Afropop music founder Papa Wemba has been released from jail in France where he had been imprisoned on February 20 for illegally smuggling into Europe thousands of African clandestines, most ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Papa Wemba, a musician known around the world as the king of Congolese rumba, has died following a collapse on stage during a concert, officials said. He was 66. Culture ...

Papa Wemba was revered by fashion-conscious men in Kinshasa Band leader Papa Wemba will be remembered for a music style that conquered Africa, and a sense of fashion that inspired a generation of ...

Band leader Papa Wemba will be remembered for a music style that conquered Africa, and a sense of fashion that inspired a generation of dandies. He died aged 66 after collapsing on a busy stage behind ...