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Information:  - Soukous (from French "secouer", "to shake") is a popular genre of dance music from the Congo Basin. It derived from Congolese rumba in the 1960s and gained popularity in the 1980s in France. Although often used by journalists as a synonym for Congolese rumba, both the music and dance currently associated with soukous differ from more traditional rumba, especially in its higher tempo, longer dance sequences. Notable performers of the genre include African Fiesta, Papa Wemba and Pépé Kallé.  - Papa Wemba was born Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba on June 14 , 1949 , in Lubefu ( Sankuru District , Belgian Congo ) . He is a Congolese rumba ( later known as soukous ) musician , one of Africa 's most popular musicians , and prominent in world music .  - L'Orchestra African Fiesta, often known simply as African Fiesta, was a Congolese soukous band started by Tabu Ley Rochereau and Dr. Nico Kasanda in 1963.   - Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba (14 June 1949  24 April 2016), known professionally as Papa Wemba, was a Congolese singer and musician who played Congolese rumba, soukous, and ndombolo. Sometimes dubbed the "King of Rumba Rock", he was one of the most popular musicians of his time in Africa and played an important role in world music. He was also a fashion icon who popularized the La Sape look and style through his musical group Viva la Musica, with whom he performed on stages throughout the world.  - Pépé Kallé, sometimes written as Pepe Kalle (November 15  November 30 1998) was a soukous singer, musician and bandleader from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Pépé Kallé was born Kabasele Yampanya in Kinshasa (then Léopoldville) in the Belgian Congo, but later assumed his pseudonym in hommage to his mentor, Le Grand Kallé.    After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'papa wemba' exhibits the relationship of 'date of birth'. Find the answer from the choices below.  Choices: - 14  - 14 june 1949  - 15  - 1963  - 1998  - 30
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14 june 1949


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Information:  - Gregory Tarchaneiotes was a "protospatharius" and the long-reigning catepan of Italy from 998 to 1006. In December 999, and again on February 2, 1002, he reinstituted and confirmed the possessions of the abbey and monks of Monte Cassino in Ascoli. In 1004, he fortified and expanded the castle of Dragonara on the Fortore. He gave it three circular towers and one square one. He also strengthened Lucera.  - Prtospatharios was one of the highest court dignities of the middle Byzantine period (8th to 12th centuries), awarded to senior generals and provincial governors, as well as to foreign princes.  - Alexios Xiphias ( Greek :   , Italian : Alessio Xifea ) was a Byzantine protospatharios and catepan of Italy from 1006 to 1008 , following the long term of office of Gregory Tarchaneiotes . In March 1007 , he promulgated a diploma in favour of Alexander , abbot of S. Giovanni in Lamis .  - The spatharii or spatharioi (singular:  literally "spatha-bearer") were a class of Late Roman imperial bodyguards in the court in Constantinople in the 5th6th centuries, later becoming a purely honorary dignity in the Byzantine Empire.  - The Fortore (Latin: "Fertor" or "Frento") is a river which flows through the provinces of Benevento, Campobasso and Foggia in southern Italy. It is long.  - Monte Cassino (sometimes written Montecassino) is a rocky hill about southeast of Rome, Italy, to the west of the town of Cassino and altitude. Site of the Roman town of Casinum, it is best known for its historic abbey. St. Benedict of Nursia established his first monastery, the source of the Benedictine Order, here around 529.    After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'alexios xiphias' exhibits the relationship of 'country of citizenship'. Find the answer from the choices below.  Choices: - byzantine empire  - italy
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byzantine empire