Staff Benda Bilili
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staff-benda-bilili-171-3893783
title:
Staff Benda Bilili
text:
Staff Benda Bilili are a group of street musicians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They used to live around the grounds of the zoo in the country's capital city, Kinshasa, and play music which is rooted in soukous, with elements of old-school rhythm and blues and reggae. The core of the band consists of four senior singers/guitarists, who are paraplegic and move around in spectacularly customized tricycles. They are backed by a younger rhythm section consisting of abandoned street child
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description:
Group of street musicians from the Democratic Republic of the Congo
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staff_Benda_Bilili
date created:
2008-04-26T20:09:25Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T06:56:17Z
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13
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