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World Service,4 mins

How Rumba music started in Africa

The Arts Hour

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Nikki Bedi meets Orchestre Les Mangelepa at WOMAD International music festival. The East African group have been performing together for more than 50 years to global audiences. They tell Nikki about the origins of Rumba. (Photo: Flags fly in a field at WOMAD. Credit: C Brandon/Redferns - Getty Images)

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