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Staff Benda Bilili, voice of the voiceless in Congo

‘We're all handicapped people, ain't we?’ runs their myspace byline. After more than a month of touring through Europe, this group of paraplegic street musicians from Kinshasa left crowds elated and bewildered almost a year after releasing their debut album Très Très Fort, courtesy of Belgian producer Vincent Kenis of Congotronics fame. A French documentary on the group has been underway for seven years

by Sofia Verzbolovskis @ // 11/01/10

disable people, record, congo, documentary, bands, discrimination, war

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