Congo's most famous musician Papa Wemba, performing at a concert in Kinshasa in 2004. Reuters/ David LewisSadly, we have lost another great of Congolese music – Papa Wemba. Papa Wemba was born Shungu Wembiado in 1949. He came to musical prominence in the great beating heart of Congolese popular music, Kinshasa’s famous district of Matonge in the 1970s during the belle … [Read more...] about Papa Wemba: musical king of the Society of Ambianceurs and Elegant People | The Conversation
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