Le
lundi 25 avril 2016
6時、快晴、24℃、50％。
シスター・アスンタ佐野さんにこれもいただいた切干大根を夕食のスターターにした。切干大根の煮込みは作ったことがなかったので、ネットで検索した。油揚げがないのが残念だったが、そこそこそれらしいものが出来た。
切干大根、日本では殆ど食べたことがない。
コンゴ・ルンバのキング、パパ・ウェンバがアビジャンでコンサート中に舞台で倒れて昨日24日（日）亡くなった。RDCコンゴを代表する歌手だった。
ところで、「パパ」というのは、親しみを込めて「おじさん」というほどのことである。僕も息子クリスチャンからだけでなく、知らない人からも「パパ」と呼ばれる。しかし、10代の人が20代に「パパ」と呼びかけているから「お兄さん」という意味にも使われる。パパ・ウェンバ（66歳）くらいの年齢になると「ムゼ」ともいう。これは尊敬の意味も含めて「おじいさん」だ。日本では「おじさん」、「おじいさん」も軽蔑が込められている。変な時代だなぁ。
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Congo
music legend Papa Wemba dies after collapsing on stage
Congo's
most famous musician Papa Wemba, gives his first concert in Kinshasa June 26,
2004 in this file photo. REUTERS/ David
Lewis
Congo's
most famous musician Papa Wemba, gives his first concert in Kinshasa June 26,
2004 in this file photo.
REUTERS/
DAVID LEWIS
Congolese
rumba music legend Papa Wemba died after collapsing on stage in the Ivory Coast
in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to the private morgue where his
body was taken.
Wemba,
born in 1949, was performing at the FEMUA 2016 festival when he collapsed on
stage. Videos posted online showed the artist falling on his back mid-song
before band members rushed to his side.
He died
before reaching hospital, a spokesman for the Ivosep morgue in Abidjan said.
Known
in the Democratic Republic of Congo as the King of Rumba Rock, Wemba's career
began in the late 1960s. He became a staple of African music over the following
decades, involved in bands including Zaiko Langa Langa and later Viva La Musica
that reached audiences across the world.
He was
known for mixing traditional African music with western rock and worked with
international stars including former Genesis singer Peter Gabriel.
"Papa
Wemba is a golden voice, an artist who has established himself through his
work. The proof is that he died on stage," said the Minister of Culture
and Arts of the DRC, Baudouin Banza Mukalay Nsungu.
Fans
and colleagues paid their respects over social media and in person on Sunday.
Eric
Didia, a promoter of Congolese music in Ivory Coast and friend of Wemba who was
at the Ivosep morgue on Sunday morning, said Wemba will long be remembered.
"I
do not know if this is a loss for African music, because the music does not
die. People can listen to Papa Wemba songs in 50 years, in 100 years," he
said.
Born
Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba in what was then the Belgian Congo, he moved
to Europe in the 1980s, taking his band Viva La Musica with him.
He
faced trial in France in 2004 for smuggling people into Europe claiming to be
band or crew members, and spent a short time in jail.
Papa
Wemba was also known for his taste for designer clothes, heading a
flamboyantly-dressed organization called the Society of Tastemakers and Elegant
People, known as Sapeurs, in Kinshasa.
"He
is our papa," said Eddy Kilonda, a young man on the verge of tears in
Matonge, the district of Kinshasa where Papa Wemba began his career.
"He
was not only a musician. He taught us to dress properly, to be stylish."
(Reporting
By Ange Aboa in Abidjan and Amadee Mwarabu Kiboko in Kinshasa, writing by
Edward McAllister, editing by Ros Russell)
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