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World Service,10 Nov 1990,29 mins

The Music of Zaire

Arts and Africa

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'Today music is probably Zaire's most important and popular export'. Profiling Zaire's music from its roots in Cuban rhythms and the folk songs of the independence movement. Includes a discussion about François Luambo Luanzo Makiadi aka ' Franco'.

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