Friday, November 29, 2019
Introducing... Bantou Mentale: “We need edge – the world is falling apart, the Congo is falling apart, everything is falling apart”
By Jo Frost
Get ready for a new global sound via Kinshasa and Paris. Jo Frost speaks to the band
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