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Articles tagged "congo"

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Syran Mbenza & Ensemble Rumba Kongo: Immortal Franco: Africa’s Unrivalled Guitar Legend

by Deanne Sole

[29.Sep.09] :. A Franco tribute led by Syan Mbenza was always likely to be played with fidelity.

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Various Artists: The World Is Shaking: Cubanismo from the Congo, 1954-55

by Deanne Sole

[5.Aug.09] :. Honest Jon's is doing something unusual here, taking us back to the early days of the style, opening a window into the years before the Greats came along.

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Zap Mama: Supermoon

by Deanne Sole

[13.Sep.07] :. Despite her obvious admiration for US hip-hop, Daulne's music-making spirit has always been more French than North American.

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Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

by Michael Patrick Brady

[4.May.07] :. This film takes viewers back to the Congo Free State of King Leopold II, and the vicious 23-year ordeal the people of that nation suffered for the enrichment of a nation they would never see.

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