Soukous (English Wikipedia)

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Ossinondé, Clément (March 2, 2020). "Voyage Musical : l'aller et retour de la rumba" [Musical Journey: the back and forth of the rumba]. Congopage.com (in French). Retrieved October 28, 2023.
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