Congolese YouTube-channels like to steal documentary and videos from other channels. I think that it will be deleted very soon

I have alot of respect for Elvis Addiema's idea to make a documentary about Papa Wemba with help of Trace Urban to pay tribute to him.  But in my opinion he didn't make enough research. Look like he was influenced by somebody of Wemba's staff to make some choices or that the guy who gave him some advice started to follow Viva from the 90's or late 80's which is the case with most Wemba's staffmembers. Alot not really know about his story before Viva La Musica or before Reddy's, Stino and Modogo Gianfranco Ferre's reign.

It would have been better if they invited journalist Nila Mbungu instead of Zacharie Bababaswe. Nila Mbungu was very close to Wemba and knew everything about him. He contributed alot to Viva La Musica. He was the guy who wrote the article in the newpapers about a angry Wemba who wasn't happy that Mavuela, Mashakado and the rest of Yoka Lokole not visiting him and going to tour in Bas-Zaire. Which created more tensions with Mavuela then dediced to fire him Wemba. With them also inviting Mavuela Somo who lives nowadays in Antwerp (Belgium) to talk about that moment why he fired him instead other people. Also Pedro Manuaku & Lita Bembo to talk about the creation of Zaiko, because Manuaku and Wemba were the first musicians of Zaiko and it's because of Wemba (then Stukas-member) that DV Muanda and its friends decided to disband Belguide and to form Zaiko, but they didn't talk about that about that story in that documentary. They had also to invite Shaguy Sharoufa who went to the Festac in Lagos with Tabu Ley and who went after her return talking to Wemba about Fela Kuti and it's republic, which gave Papa Wemba the inspiration about the Molokai-village. I understand now why Nyoka Longo was very angry about that documentary.

They guy who talked about Wemba's Zenith of 1999 made my laugh but made also sad on the same time. What he said was true, about many Congolese spectators leaving the concerthall to drink something on the moment when Wemba was performing with his worlmusicband Molokai (songs like Image, Le Voyageur, etc.), calling it then music of white people. But they all returned when Viva La Musica "Cours des Grands" came on stage. This was one of the reasons what Wemba made quit that genre and go back to make the music which his Congolese public were liking, while he had the potential to be bigger than Youssou N'dour.



here a short video of him singing with Molokai. I hope that  someone upload that concert on YouTube it have been 15 years that didn't have seen that concert anymore.  I remember that it was released in two VHS. Volume 1 with Molokai, Les Quatro and Viva La Musica "Cours des Grands" (Stino having red hair and doing is crazy things after singing MJ Ngoyi) and Volume 2 with Nouvelle Ecriture (Bendo, Pompom and co) and Viva La Musica. The cd-version of that concert is nowwhere on those digitalplatforms, the same for his fantastic Olympia with those fioti fioti's in 2000.

Wow, they got absolutely everyone in this documentary. Comprehensive and well-done documentary, a rarity for the genre

It may sound sacrilegious, but there are times I think Wemba left as big of an impact as Franco in the domain of lasting influence

Lots of the video sources used come from youtube, I can easily tell. Not necessarily a bad thing, but noteworthy.

So is Mère Amazone his wife or his fiercest critic? She went hard on him quite often throughout. Seems like she's still quite bitter about his infidelities even now. Very emotional woman.