Staff Benda Bilili

Staff Benda Bilili are a group of street musicians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They live around the grounds of the zoo in the country's capital city, Kinshasa, and play music which is rooted in rumba, with elements of old-school rhythm 'n' blues and reggae. The core of the band consists of four senior singers/guitarist, who are all disabled (they had poliomyelitis when they were...
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Hometown: Kinshasa
Musical Genre: Rumba, Reggae , Rhythm and blues

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jon

they conjure some of my earliest musical memories yet are completely fresh.

by jon 31 months ago
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