Music fans across Africa are mourning the death of Papa Wemba, the musician from the Democratic Republic of Congo who died at the age of 66 after collapsing on stage on Sunday morning. Stars have been ...

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Papa Wemba, a musician known around the world as the king of Congolese rumba, has died following a collapse on stage during a concert, officials said. He was 66. Culture ...

Papa Wemba, one of Africa’s greatest music stars, has died after collapsing on stage during a festival in the Ivory Coast, the event organisers said on Sunday. Papa Wemba, who was known as the “king ...

Papa Wemba died after collapsing on stage at a music festival in Ivory Coast Tributes have been pouring in for Congolese musician Papa Wemba who died on Sunday morning after collapsing on stage.

Band leader Papa Wemba will be remembered for a music style that conquered Africa, and a sense of fashion that inspired a generation of dandies. He died aged 66 after collapsing on a busy stage behind ...

THE POPE OF THE Sapeurs the coutured young of Kinshasa, Zaire, and Paris is stylish even in high-water khaki trousers, a cream-colored crew-neck T-shirt and fire-engine red, low-top sneakers. Afro-pop ...

An African rumba singer collapsed on stage mid-way through a song and later died. Congolese star Papa Wemba was performing in Abidjan in the Ivory Coast when he dramatically fell to the floor. Footage ...

Hardly a week after his grand burial that saw thousands of mourners from all walks of life in attendance, reports of Congolese music legend Papa Wemba’s heavily pregnant teenage ‘girlfriend’ has since ...

Papa Wemba was revered by fashion-conscious men in Kinshasa Band leader Papa Wemba will be remembered for a music style that conquered Africa, and a sense of fashion that inspired a generation of ...