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Zonta Club of Bonita Springs honors Teri Lamaine, helps Free The Girls nonprofit

Edit Naples Daily News 30 Apr 2016
When Kimba Langas arrives home at the end of the day, she commonly finds bras lying on her front porch ... "You don't have to do something big to save the world," said Langas, co-founder of Free The Girls and guest speaker for the Zonta Club of Bonita Springs annual Woman of the Year Luncheon ... "When you give bras, you give life," said Langas, quoting a message from a Free The Girls recipient in Uganda named Fatima....

Eliezer Berland denied bail

Edit Eye Witness News 28 Apr 2016
His lawyer, Themba Langa, says the magistrate ruled that he is a flight risk despite his age ... ....

Papa Wemba, Known as the King of Congolese Rumba, Dies at 66

Edit New York Times 25 Apr 2016
He rose to fame in the 1970s with the band Zaiko Langa Langa, which inspired a generation of African musicians ... ....

Papa Wemba dies on stage

Edit Graphic 25 Apr 2016
On the African music scene since 1969, Papa Wemba won a world following with his soukous rock music ... Together with his bands Zaiko Langa Langa, Isifi and Viva La Musica, he racked up hit after hit including L'Esclave and Le Voyageur ... ....

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Edit Philadelphia Daily News 25 Apr 2016
Papa Wemba. World music star, 66 ... The cause of death wasn't immediately known. The musician, whose real name was Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba, rose to fame in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa during the 1970s with the band Zaiko Langa Langa, whose guitar-based fusion of Latin and African dance styles inspired a generation of African musicians ... - AP ... ....

Remembering African Singer And Style Icon Papa Wemba

Edit National Public Radio 25 Apr 2016
i ... He died before reaching the hospital early Sunday. AFP/Getty Images hide caption ... AFP/Getty Images ... In 1969, he became a founding member of what would become one of the biggest acts in African music in the 1970s, Zaïko Langa Langa ... YouTube. Wemba left Zaïko Langa Langa in 1974; after co-founding a series of other short-lived bands (including Isisfi Lokole and Yoka Lokole), he founded a hugely popular group called Viva La Musica in 1977....

45th annual free mass marriage at Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala on April 29

Edit The Times of India 25 Apr 2016
The 45th annual free mass marriage organised by Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala will be held at Dharmasthala during gou dhuli langa on ......

Who Was Papa Wemba, Congolese Music King and ‘Monument of Africa’?

Edit Newsweek 25 Apr 2016
Papa Wemba, a musician, actor and fashion icon who collaborated with Stevie Wonder, achieved fame and fandom far beyond the reaches of his native Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ... Try Newsweek. Subscription offers ... — Angelique Kidjo (@angeliquekidjo) April 25, 2016. Wemba’s career kicked off in the late 1960s; he featured in several bands over the course of the next few decades, including Zaiko Langa Langa and Viva La Musica ... ....

Congo 'rumba king' dies after collapsing on stage

Edit Modern Ghana 25 Apr 2016
By Christophe Koffi with Marthe Bosuandole in Kinshasa. Congolese singer Papa Wemba, pictured in 2006 in Paris, had been on stage at a festival in the Ivory Coast when he collapsed and died, on April 24, 2016. By Pierre Verdy (AFP/File) ... - 'A great loss for music' - ... - Cult status - ... In 1969 he helped found Zaiko Langa Langa, a Zaire-based pop group that was to achieve cult status in the 1970s with its revival of Latin American rumba ... ....

Beyonce's 'Lemonade' stirs 'Becky' drama; Papa Wemba dead; Lil Kim white?: AM Buzz

Edit Syracuse 25 Apr 2016
Who is Becky? Beyonce's new album and HBO special, both titled "Lemonade," have called attention to allegations Jay Z cheated on her in 2014 ... On "Sorry," Mrs ... "Lemonade" is streaming on Tidal and available for purchase on iTunes ... The colorful Wemba, whose real name was Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba, performed with the bands Zaiko Langa and Viva La Musica, collaborating with Peter Gabriel in the '90s ... Notorious B.I.G ... More Buzz. ... ....

Papa Wemba, King of Congolese Rumba, Dies at Age 66

Edit Voa News 24 Apr 2016
Papa Wemba, one of Africa's greatest musicians and known around the world as the king of Congolese rumba, died early Sunday after collapsing on stage at a music festival in the Ivory Coast, officials said ... ... He rose to fame beginning in the late 1960s and 1970s in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, Kinshasa, with the band Zaiko Langa Langa ... ....

Congolese singer Papa Wemba dies after collapsing on stage

Edit The Guardian 24 Apr 2016
Video footage shows 66-year-old rumba star falling to the floor mid-performance during concert in Abidjan, Ivory Coast ... On Sunday, the organisers confirmed his death, extending condolences to his family “and the world of culture” ... Wemba was born Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba in former Zaire, where he burst on to the local music scene with his first band, Zaiko Langa Langa, in 1969 ... ....

African music great Papa Wemba dies

Edit Otago Daily Times 24 Apr 2016
Congolese rumba music legend Papa Wemba died after collapsing on stage in the Ivory Coast, according to the private morgue where his body was taken ... Videos posted online showed the artist falling on his back mid-song before band members rushed to his side ... He became a staple of African music over the following decades, involved in bands including Zaiko Langa Langa and later Viva La Musica that reached audiences across the world ... ....
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