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Papa Wemba
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Vinony's link graph records 157 inbound references to Papa Wemba, and connects out to Ivory Coast, Tabu Ley Rochereau and Zaïko Langa Langa.
It is catalogued under topics including 1949 births, 2016 deaths and Democratic Republic of the Congo actors.
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Film & TV
Known for
- The Rumba Kings — Self - Singer2021
- Africa Rising — Self - Musician (archive footage)2019
- Les Habits neufs du gouverneur — Griot Makasi2005
- The Importance of Being Elegant — Self2004
- Wild Games — L'africain1997
- Peter Gabriel: Secret World Live — Self - Guest Artist1994
- Life Is Rosy — Kourou1987
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba , ( 1949-06-14 ) 14 June 1949, Lubefu , Belgian Congo , (now Sankuru , DR Congo )
- Died
- 24 April 2016 (2016-04-24) (aged 66), Abidjan , Ivory Coast
- Genres
- Congolese rumba soukous ndombolo world music
- Occupations
- Singer dancer songwriter actor bandleader
- Years active
- 1969–2016
- Website
- www .papawemba .info
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jules
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Place of birth
- Lubefu
- Place of death
- Abidjan
- Occupation
- composer
- Genre
- music of Africa
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Real World Records
- Official website
- www.papawemba.INFO
- Image
- Papa Wemba and Koffi Olomide, 1988.jpg
- Number of children
- 32
Show 10 more facts
- date of birth
- 1949-06-14
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of death
- 2016-04-24
- Commons category
- Papa Wemba
- influenced by
- Tabu Ley Rochereau
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- birth name
- Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba
- pseudonym
- Papa Wemba
- social media followers
- 224000
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Encyclopedic overview
Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba ONH (14 June 1949 – 24 April 2016), known professionally as Papa Wemba ( French pronunciation: [papa wɛmba]), was a Congolese singer and musician who played Congolese rumba, soukous, and ndombolo. Dubbed the "King of Rumba Rock", he was one of the most popular musicians of his time in Africa and played an important role in world music. He was also a fashion icon who popularized the Sape look and style through his musical group Viva la Musica, with whom he performed on stages throughout the world.
Musical career
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