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"Independance Cha Cha"
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“Indépendence Cha Cha”: Patrice Lumumba In Popular Song

The skydiving phonograph is just one of many indelible images from the Oscar-nominated documentary, Soundtrack To A Coup D’Etat, a film that boldly illustrates, through juxtaposition, the entwinement of jazz music and colonial politics in mid-twentieth century Africa. And yet when you Google the term “skydiving phonograph” (using quotation marks),

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