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Papa Wemba was born Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba in 1949 in Lubefu (Sankuru District, DR Congo). He is a Congolese rumba (later known as soukous) musician, one of Africa's most popular musicians, and prominent in World music.
Papa Wemba was one of the very musicians to join the influential Soukous band, Zaiko Langa Langa when it was created in December 1969 in Kinshasa along with such well known Congolese musicians as Nyoka Longo Jossart, Manuaku Pepe Felly, Evoloko Lay Lay, Bimi Ombale, Teddy Sukami, Zamuangana Enock, Mavuela Simeon, and others.
In a Congolese musical world dominated at the time by Franco Luambo and his remarkable band TPOK Jazz, Tabu Ley Rochereau's Afrisa, and by then-new musical groups like Les Grands Maquisards, Le Trio Madjesi, and even younger bands like Bella-Bella, Thu Zaina and Empire Bakuba, the young and talented Papa Wemba (then known as Jules Presley Shungu Wembadio), was one of the driving forces that by 1973 made Zaiko Langa Langa one of the most-performing dominant Congolese groups, featuring such popular numbers as "Chouchouna" (Papa Wemba), "Eluzam" and " Mbeya Mbeya" (Evoloko Lay Lay), "BP ya Munu" (Efonge Gina), "Mwana Wabi" and "Mizou" (Bimi Ombale) and "Zania" (Mavuela Somo).
Papa Wemba - Triple Option Feat Barbara Kanam (Clip Officiel)
Papa Wemba - Yolele
Papa Wemba - Mwasi (Clip Officiel HD)
CN1 NEWS LA VISITE DE PAPA WEMBA CHEZ UNIVERSAPE
Papa Wemba - Araignée (Clip Officiel)
Le Panier : Papa Wemba décortique l 'ethnologie du jargon " Cailloux ou Libanga " chez les Congolais
PAPA WEMBA : Live Au Stade Des Martyrs
Interview de Papa Wemba dans le Mag. Digital Play
Bendoson de retour chez papa Wemba, école de guerre de chant
Exclusivité: Papa Wemba en bonne santé live a paris ,,ne vous confiez pas au rumeur ..
CONGO MUSIC -BEST OF PAPA WEMBA
(Intégralité) Reddy Amisi, Papa Wemba & Viva la Musica - Prudence 1994 HQ
Papa Wemba : Show me the Way
Congo - Papa Wemba - Kaokoko Korobo - Copyright Claim by Believe