Congolese music grandmaster Papa Wemba was laid to rest at his Molokai home on Wednesday 11 days after his death. The singer, born Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba collapsed at the Femua Festival in ...

Thousands of fans paid a last tearful tribute to Congolese “rumba king” Papa Wemba at a requiem mass in Kinshasa on Wednesday where his songs were played, before he was finally laid to rest. Papa ...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Thousands of Congolese attended the funeral Wednesday of Papa Wemba, a musician known around the world as the king of Congolese rumba. The 66-year-old musician died April 24 ...

Thousands of fans paid a final tearful tribute to Congolese “rumba king” Papa Wemba at a requiem mass in Kinshasa on Wednesday where his songs were played, before he is laid to rest. Papa Wemba was a ...

Papa Wemba's funeral service was not open to the public The funeral for one of Africa's biggest music stars, Papa Wemba, has been held in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Large ...

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Congolese music grandmaster Papa Wemba was laid to rest at his Molokai home on Wednesday 11 days after his death.

The funeral for one of Africa's biggest music stars, Papa Wemba, has been held in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Large crowds gathered outside the Notre Dame Cathedral, where ...

In this file photo dated Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2004, Congolese pop star Papa Wemba is hoisted by supporters as he leaves the courthouse in Bobigny near Paris Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2004. Wemba, known around ...