'Father' of Congolese rumba dies :

World music star Papa Wendo, often hailed as the "father" of Congolese rumba music, has died at the age of 82.
The musician was admitted to a clinic in Kinshasa in DR Congo on Monday and died after a long illness.
His music first came to the attention of international audiences in the 1950s with Marie Louise, which some Congolese believed could wake the dead.
Wendo was born Antoine Wendo Kolosoy in the Bandundu region but became an orphan at the age of nine.
His parents' deaths meant he was taken care of by priests - until he found them too strict and left about three years later, Agence France-Press said in an obituary.