lol you know the bond they had wata explained that he felt like he was letting werra down with his absence,wata is not the only one by the way to have performed through pain,leaders dont even need to force them since the guys are so passionate,which is why the current new generation of leaders like to taunt their musicians in reunions that now they are weak guys,for the most little headache they'd literally miss rehearsal or concert while them used to have complete tours at time being sick and complaining to no one
guys like heritier,ferre,fally,alain mpela were rarely missing concerts then because it always involved big authorities of the country and big donors who'd come to watch them and give a hefty amount to the leader and something nice to them on the side too,so the vital kamerhe and co were like petit na biso has to be there,especially since himself was playing down the injury
which is why all of them guy's departure have always been delayed even by a month or sometimes years by intervention of those guys who were liking the combo of them and their leaders