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World Music: Sobanza Mimanisa, "Kiwembo"
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World Music: Sobanza Mimanisa, "Kiwembo"
(Congo) Here’s another installment of Congotronics, the amazing music that is being made in the suburbs of Kinshasa. The musicians are generally from rural areas, displaced for one reason or another. They are continuing in their shamanic roles by amplifying their music to be heard above the urban din. The home made amplification results in a distorted, overdriven sound that western ears find familiar and appealing. Sobanza Mimanisa plays a special electronic Likimbe, or thumb piano
Video Length: 406
Date Found: December 07, 2009
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