Papa Wemba Body arrives Congo for burial

Influential Congolese music star, Papa Wemba‘s remains have been flown into the  Democratic Republic of Congofrom Ivory Coast where he died after collapsing on stage inAbidjan.

Papa Wemba performing on stage before his collapse

Late Wemba will be buried on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 after lying in state in a stadium in Kinshasa onMonday, May 2.

Papa Wemba, who died aged 66, was considered one ofAfrica’s most influential musicians of his generation.

A shot taken from Ivory Coast national television RTI 1 on April 24, 2016 shows Congolese music star Papa Wemba collapsing on stage during the FEMUA music festival in Abidjan

He was also known as the driving spirit behind a cult movement known as “Sapeurs” whose members spend huge amounts of money on designer clothes.

He pioneered modern Congolese Soukous music, which spread through the continent and won a world following with his Soukous rock music and remained one of Africa’s most popular musicians until his death.

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