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Aug 2021
25m 58s

La chanteuse des îles (The Island Singer...

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An R&B-loving teenager from the tiny island of Mayotte sees her world turned upside down when her mother signs her up for an amateur opera competition.

A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3H9YyED.

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