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Zaiko Langa Langa

CTL-I-0097 · Institution

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Zaiko Langa Langa was one of the Kinshasa 'youth bands' formed in the late 1960s/early 1970s, playing a faster-paced rumba; Papa Wemba was an early member who left at the end of 1974.

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Zaiko Langa Langa was one of the Kinshasa 'youth bands' formed in the late 1960s/early 1970s, playing a faster-paced rumba; Papa Wemba was an early member who left at the end of 1974.

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Zaiko Langa Langa was one of the Kinshasa 'youth bands' formed in the late 1960s/early 1970s, playing a faster-paced rumba; Papa Wemba was an early member who left at the end of 1974.

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