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Artist: WEMBA, PAPA
Title: Mwana Molokai - The first twenty years (2CD)
Label:
Sterns Africa
Cat No
STCD3019-20
• A double album covering 20 years and that documents Papa Wemba’s risefrom stardom in Zaire (now D.R. Congo) to international renown
• With the group ‘Viva La Musica’ Papa Wemba was a vital and dynamicfigurehead in the rejuvenation of Congolese music
• Founder of the controversial yet influential ‘Sapeur’ (Société Ambianceurs etPersons Élégants) movement that elevated the wearing of fashionableclothes to the status of a cult
• Comprehensive and informed liner notes that give full context and thebackground to his achievements and music
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