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    Orchestra Les Mangelepa Last Band Standing

    Strut
    • Orchestra Les Mangelepa – Kanemo
    • Orchestra Les Mangelepa – Malawi Zikomo
    • Orchestra Les Mangelepa – Mbungu
    • Orchestra Les Mangelepa – Suzanna
    • Orchestra Les Mangelepa – Maindusa
    • Orchestra Les Mangelepa – Mimba
    • Orchestra Les Mangelepa – Nyako Konya
    • Orchestra Les Mangelepa – Ma Lilly
    • 1. Kanemo
    • 2. Malawi Zikomo
    • 3. Mbungu
    • 4. Suzanna
    • 5. Maindusa
    • 6. Mimba
    • 7. Nyako Konya
    • 8. Ma Lilly

    Strut release the first ever new international studio album by one of the all-time great African big bands, Orchestre Les Mangelepa. Comprising Congolese musicians who settled in Kenya, Les Mangelepa helped drive the East African evolutionary spur of one of the greatest musical artforms, African rumba, during the 1970s!

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