17 Mar 2012

Interview: Congo's Staff Benda Bilili | WOMAD 2012

From RNZ Music, 2:20 pm on 17 March 2012

In Staff Benda Bilili's native language of Lingala – spoken in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, their name means 'to see beyond appearances'. Emma Smith talks with two members of the group who are comprised of Polio-afflicted street musicians who've turned their lives around through music.