Author Topic: Emeneya vs Papa Wemba of 1991 back on youutbe  (Read 9 times)

Mfumu Vata on: Today at 05:08

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Like many videos of Mudjona Dobbs, this video also used to be on INA Congo's original channel. I hope one day to see the full footage again. There was a moment when Koffi came in wearing a jellabah (boubou) as he had been invited and performed two songs, until his death, Emeneya kept  reminding people about it, when talking about this Paris fara-fara. There was also a part of Viva la Musica, which I believe was Volume 1, but I can’t remember clearly since it was decades ago. In this footage, Wemba is singing Ngonda, Fatouma and Kimpiatu together with Victoria Eleison. Late Bipoli na Fulu also joined them in the singing-section, as did guitarist Bongo Wende (RIP), who was at that moment  part of Viva la Musica. Late Bojack Bongo Wende had played lead on different Victoria Eleison songs between 1984 and 1986 and it was not a surpise to see him playing lead on these songs during the event, despite being part of the rival-band.

This concert at Le Bataclan was a rematch, as Papa Wemba asked for it, after having performed against each other in Villejuif, where Makolin le Géant and Déese Mukangi came as guests