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Fally Ipupa, musician: Speak out on DRC suffering

Fally Ipupa, musician: Speak out on DRC suffering

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Congolese musician Fally Ipupa on using his platform to highlight suffering at home

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“Not just African musician. Everybody, even journalist, even
president, even football player, even promoter. We need to do it
for those people who suffer, who don’t have food or security. We
need everybody to denounce it. Speak louder, talk more loudly
about the situation. Not just for Congo, but all Africa.”

Jewel Kiriungi speaks to Congolese musician Fally Ipupa, one of
Africa’s biggest music stars.

His music has taken brought Congolese rumba to audiences around
the world, earning him the Democratic Republic of Congo’s highest
honour, a knighthood in the National Order of the Leopard.

Fally discusses what it means to represent Congolese identity
internationally as conflict in the east of the country fuels one
of the world’s worst displacement crises.

He recognises that his global success gives him a platform to
draw attention to what is happening at home, but he argues that
speaking out about the suffering is a wider responsibility.

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Presenter: Jewel Kiriungi Producer: Osman Iqbal Editor: Justin
Lang and Farhana Haider

(Image: Fally Ipupa. Credit: EPA/Shutterstock)