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Papa Wemba
Master of Congolese rumba, Congolese Papa Wemba (1949-2016) emerged in the 1970s
as one of the leading figures in African music. A superstar in West Africa, he
recorded his major hits in the following decade. " Signorina"," Mea Culpa","
Melina la Parisienne" and "Matebu " got young people dancing across the
continent. Despite the 1995 album Emotion, produced by Peter Gabriel, Papa
Wemba's fame in Europe remained more stage than record. Implicated in a case of
illegal residence in 2003, the king of Congolese rumba and soukous was
imprisoned for several months in France. When his a...
