Congo Vibes
Music => Congolese Music => Topic started by: shamala on December 25, 2016, 13:23
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Benedicte recounts..any brief translation will be appreciated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0AV5F-n3bg
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she said she did 15 years in viva as a dancer then a singer she is asked about how they prepared abidjan's show and she says all went well they were rehearsing for up to 9 hours a day and they arrived well in abidjan and performed a VIP concert then the day after papa wemba came at their hotel to give her money to buy things for the dancers then he told her to call other musicians and they were chatting and he was joking with them as usual and he looked in form
then the day of concert in the locker room papa called her and ask if she had a towel as he forgot his at hotel and she told him it was already in the bag since they were meant to go perform in another city just after concert
by the time she went to get it she already heard his voice on stage and when they started performing in her 15 years with him(including bercy and various big concerts) she never ever saw him with such energy then in the 4th song when he started losing his voice she thought it was just like it happened sometimes that your voice starts to mess up a bit and when sebene of the song started they did not realised what was happening to papa as they went in front on him on stage and one dancer noticed what was happened and she stopped dancing and then she also realised what was going on so they rushed to try to save him she took his hat off and was waving it at him to produce some air then red cross came and took him to hospital and they had hope he'd come back in form and they'd give him a very warm welcome and tell him to go to europe and rest then tocha received a call and shouted and they understood something serious was going on and they went to her room on tocha's demand but he could not talk so she took him apart then asked him what was going on and tocha said papa passed away and she started crying and musicians understood what was happening
i am not sure its in this interview but she said before the concert papa called her and was looking at her for several minutes without talking and she asks herself whether he knew something could happen so he wanted to see her for last time