Papa Wemba was buried on Wednesday in Kinshasa, after three days of official mourning period. His remains will be moved in the coming days to a mausoleum being built in his honor, the governor of ...

Longtime Bay Area media titan Greg Papa, the current San Francisco 49ers play-by-play broadcaster and midday show host at KNBR-AM/FM, is battling cancer. Papa announced the news in a written statement ...

The Franco-Namibian Cultural Centre (FNCC) will honour the legendary Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba, famously known as Papa Wemba, with a captivating performance that is sure to inspire fans of ...

Born Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba on June 14, 1949 in Lubefu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Papa Wemba is the first child of his parents. His World War Two veteran father, who later became a ...

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 ...

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Since his 2014 debut LP Le Dernier Empereur Bantou, Pierre Kwenders has been an invaluable force in Canadian music with his experimental and playful approach to Congolese rumba. Today, Kwenders is ...

Pierre Kwenders—the Congolese-born and Montreal-based musician and songwriter—has announced a new album. José Louis and the Paradox of Love is out April 29 via Arts & Crafts. It follows 2017’s Makanda ...

He twirled, twisted, and even lowered himself in a dramatic posture as he sauntered into this publication’s headquarters in Namuwongo, a Kampala Suburb. In a way, Mr Godfrey Atiku, better known by his ...

A special tribute was paid to former members of the legendary Congolese band, Zaiko Langa Langa, at a show last night in Paris, France. The concert had been organised by veteran Paris-based music ...

John Schnatter—the founder and public face of pizza chain Papa John’s—used the N-word on a conference call in May. Schnatter confirmed the incident in an emailed statement to Forbes on Wednesday. He ...