Papa Wemba, the Congolese music star accused of aiding an illegal immigration network in France and Belgium will resume his performances in Paris with a concert on Saturday. The 53-year-old Afropop ...

December 2000, Charles de Gaulle airport, Paris. The world music star Papa Wemba has just arrived from the Congo with his entourage. It's sizeable, which is not unexpected: Congolese music is fond of ...

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 ...

Papa Wemba died after collapsing on stage at a music festival in Ivory Coast Tributes have been pouring in for Congolese musician Papa Wemba who died on Sunday morning after collapsing on stage.

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. Footage from the concert in Ivory ...