Exclusive with renowned Congolese singer Felix Wazekwa on his visit to Kenya for the first time

Congolese musician Felix Wazekwa

One breezy evening in January this year, Felix Wazekwa sat at the pool bar of Kempinski Hotel Fleuve in Kinshasa, DRC. He pondered the unfortunate incident that prompted Kenyan authorities to deport Congolese musician and rival, Koffi Olomide, after the latter was filmed kicking a woman at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

Then his brain went into overdrive. He had an idea; a simple spontaneous idea. A week later, Wazekwa and his band, Cultura Pay Vie, bellowed out Fimbu (Lingala for ‘cane’), a track that was a veiled attack on Koffi Olomide’s Selfie.