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World Service,4 mins

Libanga: Dropping Names and Making Money

The Fifth Floor

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With the collapse of CD sales, and little to share out from concerts, Congolese musicians have turned to a kind of professional praise singing called Libanga. It's keeping musicians paid but is it ruining the music too? We've asked Mila Kimbuini, a Congolese journalist with ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Afrique. Image: Congolese musician Fally Ipupa on stage. Photo Credit Getty Images/Richard Chapin Downs Jr/Stringer

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