Papa wemba papa forme epoque du roi des blousons patrick meka clip officiel duration. Remembering african singer and style icon papa wemba. Papa wemba download high quality complete mp3 albums. Many would have heard papa wemba for the first time in this film, even though he. The influential congolese musician papa wemba has died aged 66 after collapsing during a concert. Papa wemba has a total of 5 song lyrics and featurings on afrika lyrics. Congolese music legend and king of the sapeurs papa wemba died. A national mourning of three days is decreed in drc. Papa wemba biography wikipedia jules shungu wembadio pene kikumba 14 june 1949 24 april 2016, known professionally as papa wemba, was a congolese singer. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. It is hard to realise i now have to talk about him in the past.
The record one of the biggest stars to emerge from contemporary africa, the congolese singer made a. Follow papa wemba on the social networks facebook, twitter, instagram and youtube. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. In high school, while on our way to school, my father would play papa wembas album in the car. I was very shocked and saddened to learn of papa wembas death last night. Dubbed the king of rumba rock, he was one of the most popular musicians of his time in africa and played an important role in world music. Media caption watch a clip from papa wembas 2015 music video dadoration. Papa wembas best songs as picked by the jam community, 20112015. Rightfully titled emotion, wembas album featured a whole range of emotions which added to his unique roosterlike voice to make me, as a teenager, feel those emotions, and go to school happy. Papa wemba was born on june 14, 1949 in kasai, belgian congo as jules shungu wembadio pene kikumba. Papa wemba biography, lyrics and videos afrika lyrics. Customers also bought items by nusrat fateh ali khan. Papa wemba was one of the very first musicians to join the influential soukous band, zaiko. Papa wemba hambayi ede tour dafrique congo soukous by theworldmusicplanet.
The name zaiko is a contraction of zaire ya bokoko the zaire of our ancestors. Nash ft papa wemba sapologie clip officiel youtube. Licensed to youtube by realworldrecords on behalf of real world records ltd. Jules shungu wembadio pene kikumba 14 june 1949 24 april 2016, known professionally as papa wemba, was a congolese singer and musician who played congolese rumba, soukous and ndombolo. Papa wemba was the world ambassador of congolese rhumba, but he was also a master fashionable. Try it listen to the upbeat yolele, or fafafafa, sala keba, or awa y. Papa wemba triple option feat barbara kanam clip officiel duration. Legendary congolese music pioneer papa wemba was born on this day in 1949. Clip sapologie papa wemba notre pere rumba youtube. Experimental musician who incorporated western melodies and rhythms into his african soukous music.
Papa wemba always made it clear that incase of his death i should not attend his burial and vice versa, he says, adding that despite this he would have wished to be present at the burial. He was also a fashion icon who popularized the sape look. The lyrics for ye te oh by papa wemba have been translated into 2 languages. This page was last edited on 9 september 2019, at 06. Streaming and by permanent download to your computer andor device. The influential congolese music star papa wemba has died after collapsing on stage in abidjan in ivory coast, media reports say.
Papa wembas influential, crosscultural chic the new. The legendary king of rhumba, and particularly wellknown for popularising soukous music. Papa wemba, dindo yogo, reddy amisi, faya tess lingolingo by maika munan. Papa wemba eigentlich jules shungu wembadio pene kikumba. Papa wemba le roi dela sape shabille chez del papo youtube. Papa wemba featuring nash sapologie suivez nous sur.
Wemba collapsed on stage in abidjan on sunday 24 april, leaving a country his native democratic republic of congo and a whole continent to mourn him. He was such an extraordinary talent music flowed out of him effortlessly and he could thrill people with one of the most beautiful and emotional voices i have. The official yolele video taken from papa wembas second album on real world records, emotion. It is high quality, upbeat soukous music, yet with some diversity in. African stars remember papa wemba, the big man with the angelic voice, who died on sunday morning at the age of 66. Known as the king of rumba rock, papa wemba is fondly.
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