There is a scene in the classic 1987 French-Congolese film La Vie Est Belle, where a character played by the legendary musician Papa Wemba is mistaken for dead after a heartbreak-induced suicide ...

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Papa Wemba, a musician, actor and fashion icon who collaborated with Stevie Wonder, achieved fame and fandom far beyond the reaches of his native Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The musician—born ...

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of mourning fans came out on Wednesday to bid a final farewell to Papa Wemba, the legendary Congolese singer who brought his tumultuous country's music to a ...

Papa Wemba, a musician known around the world as the king of Congolese rumba, was pronounced dead on April 24 following a collapse on stage during a concert the night before in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.