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Sep 2023
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What should be done to make sure Africa'...

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Ugandan politician and musician Rachael Magoola says she’d be flying planes if she had been paid the way she should have been paid for the success of her music. She was elected in 2021 and says her music played a big part in winning a seat in Uganda’s parliament. She’s most famous for her song Obangaina which she wrote late 1990’s but she says she did no ... Show More
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