Lokua Kanza

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Celebrating Heritage month with iconic African artists on The World Show.
Our special guest is one of the most important artists coming from Africa, in our time, Lokua Kanza. Lokua has worked with legendary icons of African and global music, including Miriam Makeba, Busi Mhlongo, Papa Wemba, Manu Dibango, Ray Lema and many more. Now, following his last studio album of 2010, Lokua has just released Moko - which means ‘Unity’ in Lingala. It’s an epic project, expressed in 10 languages, Moko brings together more than one hundred musicians and renowned guests from across the globe! It’s #BestOfTheBest on The World Show
12 Sep 2021 English South Africa Arts · Performing Arts

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