I've never seen a mourning/funeral of a Congolese artist without drama about money
I could be oversimplifying the problem, but as the Congolese artists starts to make real money, maybe they should write a will or establish a trust fund.
If upon death everyone pretty much knows who inherits what from the source's mouth, random family wouldn't feel so emboldened to stake a claim for property and money.
I was referring to the way Chirac said he suddenly heard that the former governor Gentily Ngobila gave $25,000 to the musicians for General Defao’s mourning, but that he himself hadn't been informed. Maybe that they tried to reach their oncle, which I don't believe. But I just noticed when the governement or provincial authorities being involved in funding the funeral or mourning of an artist, you always hear things like: they gave $100,000, $150,000 or $50,000; that artist X or Y stole money, the head of Socoda did this or that the family received nothing or just peanuts.