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The King of Highlife

The new style of dance band, Highlife music, that defined an era in West Africa; the original TV boy band; Noel Coward with the mob in Las Vegas, Nusrut Fateh Ali Khan, and how Egypt mourned Umm Kulthoum.

Photo: E.T Mensah and the Tempos band c.1955 Copyright: John Collins

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Mon 14 Sep 201504:06GMT
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