Benga music
Benga is a genre of Kenyan popular music. It evolved between the late 1940s and late 1960s, in Kenya's capital city of Nairobi. In the 1940s, the African Broadcasting Service in Nairobi aired a steady stream of soukous, South African kwela, Zairean finger-style guitar and various kinds of Cuban dance music. There were also popular folk songs of Kenya's Luo peoples.
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Benga music
Benga is a genre of Kenyan popular music. It evolved between the late 1940s and late 1960s, in Kenya's capital city of Nairobi. In the 1940s, the African Broadcasting Service in Nairobi aired a steady stream of soukous, South African kwela, Zairean finger-style guitar and various kinds of Cuban dance music. There were also popular folk songs of Kenya's Luo peoples.
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Benga is a genre of Kenyan pop ...... songs of Kenya's Luo peoples.
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Benga é um gênero musical da m ...... em Nairobi, capital do Quênia.
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Le benga (« quelque chose de b ...... mbabwe, il est appelé kanindo.
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Benga is a genre of Kenyan pop ...... songs of Kenya's Luo peoples.
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Benga é um gênero musical da m ...... em Nairobi, capital do Quênia.
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Le benga (« quelque chose de b ...... mbabwe, il est appelé kanindo.
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Benga (musique)
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Benga (música)
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Benga music
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Benga
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