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"We were the only black family doing Latin and Ballroom"
Ballroom dancing champion Oti Mabuse describes how at age 4 ballroom dancing was not all satin and sequins in South Africa. Oti is currently gracing UK screens as a professional dancer on the popular reality TV show Strictly Come Dancing. She talks to the BBC's Kim Chakanetsa about how she started out in the business.
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