Museum of Rumba in Kinshasa: "It's as if Papa Wemba Was Still Alive"

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April 24 marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Papa Wemba, who died on stage at the Festival des musiques urbains d'Anoumabo (Femua) in Côte d'Ivoire. In Kinshasa, his native country, the Musée national de la rumba (Museum national de la rumba) tries to make live the artist's memory with a perched voice.

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Papa Wemba, the rumba to the end Image media Patient Fri 24/04/2026 - 09:37 Body His name was Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba. The world known him as Papa Wemba. On 24 April 2016, he collapsed on the stage of the Festival des musiques urbains d'Anoumabo in Abidjan, after singing three songs, shortly after five o'clock in the morning. He was 66 years old.

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