Popular singer Papa Wemba woke the world up to the urban sounds of Kinshasa and spawned the flamboyant dress style known as ‘la sape’. The story of Papa Wemba’s journey to superstardom reads like ...

Magic. Hip-swaying, smile-making, life-enhancing, butt-shaking, number one with a mango magic. Paris-based Papa Wemba, the King of Congolese Rhumba, has been off the recording scene for almost three ...

Excuse Me; Ainsi Soit-Il; Bonjour Daddy; Congo Moko; Image; Maria Valencia; Phrase; Sala Keba; Fa Fa Fa; Maman; Au Nombe L'Amour; Yolele; Show Me The Way; Awa Y'Okeyi ...

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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 ...

Eugenio Giorgianni receives funding from Crossland Scholarship. “The Kasaï Nightingale” was on stage, a flamboyantly dressed stage animal as always, when he collapsed from a sudden illness. The ...