Winternacht 1

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Antjie Krog, major poet and journalist from South-Africa, opens the festival with her 'Delphisch saying' on the future of the African continent. After this, a full and varied programme starts with literature, music, film and performers, on five different stages in the one theatre . In the literary programme there are debates and readings by Thomas Rosenboom and Frank Westerman, the South-Africans Zakes Mda, Sello Duiker and Booker-prize nominee Damon Galgut; three Indonesian authors (amongst them top-performer Putu Wijaya), and four Dutch poets with their visionary poems in a live radio-broadcast by VPRO. In the movie-theatres writers show their favorite film fragments that illustrate this year's festival theme. And there is fascinating music from the Sumatran musicians Syahryal & Grup, the world-famous Plaatjies & Plaatjies from South-Africa, and dancing through the night on Congolese rhythms. One ticket give access to all programmes on the five stages in the theatre.

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 from 20:15 to 01:30 hrs
Location Theater aan het Spui & Filmhuis Den Haag

Tijdschema 16 January

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20:15 - 21:10 Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal Opening: The Oracle of Africa
20:15 - 21:10 Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal Indonesia: the hidden history of 1965.
20:15 - 21:45 Filmhuis - zaal 5 Film : To New Horizons - future images from America 1940-1964
20:15 - 21:35 Filmhuis - zaal 4 Film: Writers' portraits from Indonesia
20:15 - 20:40 Theater aan het Spui - foyer Dice Lordz - hip hop from Durban, South-Africa
20:40 - 20:50 Theater aan het Spui - foyer Glow: video installation
20:50 - 21:10 Theater aan het Spui - foyer Ramona maramis presents the winner of the school poetry contest
21:10 - 21:35 Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal Music from South-Africa: Plaatjies & Plaatjies
21:10 - 21:35 Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal Syahrial & Grup: music from Sumatra
21:10 - 21:20 Theater aan het Spui - foyer Glow: video installation
21:20 - 21:35 Theater aan het Spui - foyer Dice Lordz - hip hop from Durban, South-Africa
21:35 - 22:20 Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal For happiness and fatherland
21:35 - 22:20 Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal Putu Wijaya: the oracle of Asia
21:35 - 22:20 Filmhuis - zaal 4 Film fragments about the future, selected by Afshin Ellian
21:35 - 21:50 Theater aan het Spui - foyer Hey Voetsek!
21:50 - 22:00 Theater aan het Spui - foyer Glow: video installation
22:00 - 23:00 Filmhuis - zaal 5 VPRO De Avonden: The Seers - visions in poems
22:00 - 22:20 Theater aan het Spui - foyer Pneumatic Dance Trio
22:20 - 22:50 Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal Music from South-Africa: Plaatjies & Plaatjies
22:20 - 22:50 Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal Syahrial & Grup: music from Sumatra
22:20 - 23:40 Filmhuis - zaal 4 Film: Writers' portraits from Indonesia
22:20 - 22:35 Theater aan het Spui - foyer Glow: video installation
22:35 - 22:50 Theater aan het Spui - foyer Pneumatic Dance Trio
22:50 - 23:35 Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal Is groot kak coming?
22:50 - 23:35 Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal Idealism, commitment and literature in Indonesia
22:50 - 23:15 Theater aan het Spui - foyer Solo Ndinga & Alliance Nord-Sud
23:00 - 00:00 Filmhuis - zaal 5 VPRO - De Avonden, live radio from Winternachten
23:15 - 23:35 Theater aan het Spui - foyer Hey Voetsek!
23:35 - 01:30 Theater aan het Spui - foyer Solo Ndinga & Alliance Nord-Sud

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Wandelende Bar

In her tight red dress this firefly mingles amongst the guests. With her mysterious appearance she seduces the public into consuming cocktails that make the blood run faster. This butterfly of the night flutters around, briefly chatting, leaving your company in a trail of light.
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Opening: The Oracle of Africa

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 20:15 tot 21:10 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal
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The South-African writer and jounalist Antjie Krog opened Winternachten with the first in a series of six Delphic sayings. Afterwards she talks with the Iranian/Dutch poet and scientist Afshin Ellian on the South-African Truth- and Reconciliation committee. Ellian recently obtained his doctorate on this very subject. Recovery, accommodate, adaptaton, reconciliaton and forgiveness. According to Krog reconciliation is part of a long African tradition. 'A thing like this could never happen in a muslim-country', states Ellian. Meer details bekijken

Indonesia: the hidden history of 1965.

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 20:15 tot 21:10 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal
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The events around the removal of Soekarno by Suharto in 1965 leave many unanswered questions. Who was behind the coup and the violent consequences? In Indonesia only now the stories are being heard of the murders and persecution of thousands of assumed communists. Tv journalist and writer Aad van den Heuvel was present at that time and wrote about this in one of his books. In this programme he described the dubious role inthe preparations of the coup of the Dutch priest Beek. He and the Indonesian exiles Isa Ibrahim and Franciska Fanggideaj illuminated this hidden history. Including historical film fragments from Indonesia. Paul van der Gaag (presentor of the VPRO's O.V.T. programme) was the panel chairman. Dutch language. Meer details bekijken

Film : To New Horizons - future images from America 1940-1964

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 20:15 tot 21:45 uur
Location Filmhuis - zaal 5
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A futuristic continualy running program with seven short films that present an image of America's view of the future between 1940 and 1964. It starts with the World Exhibition of 1939-1940 and ends with the World Exhibition of Seattle (1964). In dazzling Technicolour the houshold robots take over the chores of the housewife and a Futurama of 1940 shows a vivid future image of a typical American town in 1960. Furthermore images of futuristic 'killer car's', full automatic kitchens, fashion and the furniture of Eames, Saarinen and Bertoia, that without a problem made the transition towards the 21th century in videoclips and commercials, but also in the living room, where it still radiates the futuristic air of that time. Get ready for the wonderful new world of the future! (90 minutes, English-language) Meer details bekijken

Film: Writers' portraits from Indonesia

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 20:15 tot 21:35 uur
Location Filmhuis - zaal 4
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Three film portraits of well-known Indonesian writers: Agam Wispi, who recently died in the Netherlands, where he spent years in exile. Pramoedya Ananta Toer and Putu Oka Sukanta spent a the greater part of their lives in prison. The writers' documentaries are part of a series called 'On the record', produced by the Lontar Foundation in Jakarta and directed by Tinu Yampolsky (80 min, English subtitles, Jakarta 2003). Meer details bekijken

Dice Lordz - hip hop from Durban, South-Africa

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 20:15 tot 20:40 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - foyer
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The South-African hiphop group Dice Lordz consists of the twins Sanele and Harnashe Langa and Bhekithemba Mahlambi. This trio from the township of Kwa Mashu, near Durban, combines hiphop with strong texts about social issues. Meer details bekijken

Glow: video installation

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 20:40 tot 20:50 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - foyer
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In the foyer of the theater is a large cristal ball. Visual artists Bie Muusze and Rens Noorman have made specially for Winterrnachten a video installation in the ball and on a large projection screen on the wall. The installation consists of continual images about literature, the future and dreams. At unexpected moments the ball demands extra attention. Meer details bekijken

Ramona maramis presents the winner of the school poetry contest

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 20:50 tot 21:10 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - foyer
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The Poetry School organizes together with Winternachten a writers contest, involving two secondary schools from The Hague, the Johan de Witt College and the Terracollege. A special lesson program inspires hundreds of pupils to write poems about their vision of the future and their ideals. During a Poetry Slam session in the Theater aan het Spui, preceding the festival itself, they will present their poems. Tonight one of the winners will read his or her winning poem. Jury member and poet Ramona Maramis will introduce the young poet. Meer details bekijken

Music from South-Africa: Plaatjies & Plaatjies

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 21:10 tot 21:35 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal
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Dizu Plaatjies is the founder and former leader of Amampondo, the internationally acclaimed South-African marimba group. Nowadays he teaches at the music academy in Cape Town, and performs as a solo musician. Tonight he performs with his niece Lungiswa Plaatjies, a fresh South-African talent with an enchanting voice. Meer details bekijken

Syahrial & Grup: music from Sumatra

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 21:10 tot 21:35 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal
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Five Sumatran musicians with a fascinating combination of traditional and contemporary music. The leader of the group, Syahrial, works since 1981 as a composer for one of the best modern dance companies of Indonesia, Gumarang Sakti. He performs his own compositions with this group. Syahrial & Grup have performed earlier during the foreign tour of Winternachten in Indonesia, in cooperation with Teater Utan Kayu. Invited by Winternachten, they will make a short tour of the Netherlands. On saturday evening they can be seen in Rasa in Utrecht, on sunday afternoon in De Evenaar in Rotterdam. Meer details bekijken

Glow: video installation

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 21:10 tot 21:20 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - foyer
20050302124705
In the foyer of the theater is a large cristal ball. Visual artists Bie Muusze and Rens Noorman have made specially for Winterrnachten a video installation in the ball and on a large projection screen on the wall. The installation consists of continual images about literature, the future and dreams. At unexpected moments the ball demands extra attention. Meer details bekijken

Dice Lordz - hip hop from Durban, South-Africa

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 21:20 tot 21:35 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - foyer
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The South-African hiphop group Dice Lordz consists of the twins Sanele and Harnashe Langa and Bhekithemba Mahlambi. This trio from the township of Kwa Mashu, near Durban, combines hiphop with strong texts about social issues. Meer details bekijken

For happiness and fatherland

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 21:35 tot 22:20 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal
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A surpressed people walks towards the New Land. But is new always better? When does an ideal become an obligatory ode or a failure? Should we abolish ideals and is it better to allow dreams to remain dreams? Writers Thomas Rosenboom and Frank Westerman on the future of idealism and writing for a illusion filled society. Meer details bekijken

Putu Wijaya: the oracle of Asia

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 21:35 tot 22:20 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal
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Putu Wijaya is one of the most important prose writers in Indonesia. For Winternachten this excellent performer wrote a 'Prophecy' concerning the future of Asia. He will discuss this with Chris Keulemans. After that he will read various extracts from his work. Wijaya in his work shocks and desorientates the reader. He places, quote: 'mental time bombs' in ordinary people's lives. English language. Meer details bekijken

Film fragments about the future, selected by Afshin Ellian

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 21:35 tot 22:20 uur
Location Filmhuis - zaal 4
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The Iranian poet and lawyer Afshin Ellian comments on the connection between eroticism and utopia, and hatred and hope, using fragments of films by Bergmann, the Russian cinema and the Iranian film Kandahar by the director Makhmalbaffs. His slogan is taken from Nietszche, which is: 'Those who fight against monsters must take care that they do not become a monster themselves. If you stare too long inside the abyss, then the abyss becomes part of you'. Meer details bekijken

Hey Voetsek!

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 21:35 tot 21:50 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - foyer
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Zebulon Dread from South Africa calls himself a 'cultural terrorist'. In his country he is well known, due to his provocative performances at festivals. He is both a stand-up comedian, magazine editor and street vendor. The way he sells his magazine 'Hey Voetsek' (African for: hey, get lost) makes him loved and feared at the same time. In this magazine, which has acquired a cult status in South Africa, he rages against everything that is middle of the road, lethargic and politically correct. Tonight as well Zebulan Dread shall sell his magazine. Meer details bekijken

Glow: video installation

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 21:50 tot 22:00 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - foyer
20050302124705
In the foyer of the theater is a large cristal ball. Visual artists Bie Muusze and Rens Noorman have made specially for Winterrnachten a video installation in the ball and on a large projection screen on the wall. The installation consists of continual images about literature, the future and dreams. At unexpected moments the ball demands extra attention. Meer details bekijken

VPRO De Avonden: The Seers - visions in poems

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 22:00 tot 23:00 uur
Location Filmhuis - zaal 5
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Four poets translated especially for Winternachtentheir visions into poetry. These are: the young performing poet Tjitske Janse, poet and performer Ramona Maranis, Mustafa Stitou and Erik Menkveld. Presentator Wim Brands talks during the festival with these four poets in a live radio broadcast from the VPRO De Avonden . Meer details bekijken

Pneumatic Dance Trio

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 22:00 tot 22:20 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - foyer
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Looking spic and span in their glamorous show costumes this trio blows new life into the popular Top-40 repertoire. The band surgically removes the heart ot of a song, gives it an energy boost and then boots it with a great deal of pleasure into the audience. Repetitive patterns of clashing beats, pulsating saxophones and sweeping vocals expose underlying dimensions of recent hits and leave nothing and nobody untouched.
Meer details bekijken

Music from South-Africa: Plaatjies & Plaatjies

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 22:20 tot 22:50 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal
20050226132808
Dizu Plaatjies is the founder and former leader of Amampondo, the internationally acclaimed South-African marimba group. Nowadays he teaches at the music academy in Cape Town, and performs as a solo musician. Tonight he performs with his niece Lungiswa Plaatjies, a fresh South-African talent with an enchanting voice. Meer details bekijken

Syahrial & Grup: music from Sumatra

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 22:20 tot 22:50 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal
20050225210044
Five Sumatran musicians with a fascinating combination of traditional and contemporary music. The leader of the group, Syahrial, works since 1981 as a composer for one of the best modern dance companies of Indonesia, Gumarang Sakti. He performs his own compositions with this group. Syahrial & Grup have performed earlier during the foreign tour of Winternachten in Indonesia, in cooperation with Teater Utan Kayu. Invited by Winternachten, they will make a short tour of the Netherlands. On saturday evening they can be seen in Rasa in Utrecht, on sunday afternoon in De Evenaar in Rotterdam. Meer details bekijken

Film: Writers' portraits from Indonesia

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 22:20 tot 23:40 uur
Location Filmhuis - zaal 4
20050302132930
Three film portraits of well-known Indonesian writers: Agam Wispi, who recently died in the Netherlands, where he spent years in exile. Pramoedya Ananta Toer and Putu Oka Sukanta spent a the greater part of their lives in prison. The writers' documentaries are part of a series called 'On the record', produced by the Lontar Foundation in Jakarta and directed by Tinu Yampolsky (80 min, English subtitles, Jakarta 2003). Meer details bekijken

Glow: video installation

Information

Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 22:20 tot 22:35 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - foyer
20050302124705
In the foyer of the theater is a large cristal ball. Visual artists Bie Muusze and Rens Noorman have made specially for Winterrnachten a video installation in the ball and on a large projection screen on the wall. The installation consists of continual images about literature, the future and dreams. At unexpected moments the ball demands extra attention. Meer details bekijken

Pneumatic Dance Trio

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 22:35 tot 22:50 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - foyer
20050226133038
Looking spic and span in their glamorous show costumes this trio blows new life into the popular Top-40 repertoire. The band surgically removes the heart ot of a song, gives it an energy boost and then boots it with a great deal of pleasure into the audience. Repetitive patterns of clashing beats, pulsating saxophones and sweeping vocals expose underlying dimensions of recent hits and leave nothing and nobody untouched.
Meer details bekijken

Is groot kak coming?

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 22:50 tot 23:35 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal
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Is South-Africa developing in the same direction as Zimbabwe? Who will live longer: the cynic or the idealist, the traditionalist or the innovator? What is the effect of Apartheid on the private lives of people? Three South-African writers – Zakes Mda, Damon Galgut en K. Sello Duiker – on the present mindfield of neuroses in their country. English spoken. Meer details bekijken

Idealism, commitment and literature in Indonesia

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 22:50 tot 23:35 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal
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Two writers who through their work want to make a conscious contribution towards a new future for Indonesia. The young Molukkan writer Nukila Amal reads from her much praised debute novel Cala Ibi: The main character in the story enters into a dialogue with her mirror image; this a somewhat uncommon literary form in Indonesia. Nukila Amal writes in a very direct open language about her Molukkan past and the future, about dreams and reality, about spirituality and religion and about the difficult relationship between man and woman. Acep Zamzam Noor is one of the most important critical poets of Indonesia. Without raising his voice and with wonderful metaphors, he is able to convey the consequences of the present unrest in Indonesia on the population. Amal and Zamzam Noor will talk with Chris Keulemans. English language. Meer details bekijken

Solo Ndinga & Alliance Nord-Sud

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 22:50 tot 23:15 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - foyer
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Winternachten dances its way into the night, accompanied by the music and dance of this soukous formation. Eleven musicians from the Congo: fantastic harmonious multi-vocal repertoire, African rap and a exciting choreography and 100% Ndombolo - the latest Congolese dance rage.
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VPRO - De Avonden, live radio from Winternachten

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 23:00 tot 00:00 uur
Location Filmhuis - zaal 5
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In the second hour of the live radio broadcast of VPRO'S De Avonden, presentator Wim Brands talks with amongst others the writers Antjie Krog, Wim Westerman and Henk van Woerden. The new book by Antjie Krog, Liederen van de Blauwkraanvogel (Songs of the Blue Crane), (published by Podium and Novib), will be presented during the programme. Meer details bekijken

Hey Voetsek!

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 23:15 tot 23:35 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - foyer
20050226134034
Zebulon Dread from South Africa calls himself a 'cultural terrorist'. In his country he is well known, due to his provocative performances at festivals. He is both a stand-up comedian, magazine editor and street vendor. The way he sells his magazine 'Hey Voetsek' (African for: hey, get lost) makes him loved and feared at the same time. In this magazine, which has acquired a cult status in South Africa, he rages against everything that is middle of the road, lethargic and politically correct. Tonight as well Zebulan Dread shall sell his magazine. Meer details bekijken

Solo Ndinga & Alliance Nord-Sud

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Date and time Friday 16 January 2004 23:35 tot 01:30 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - foyer
20050226133447
Winternachten dances its way into the night, accompanied by the music and dance of this soukous formation. Eleven musicians from the Congo: fantastic harmonious multi-vocal repertoire, African rap and a exciting choreography and 100% Ndombolo - the latest Congolese dance rage.
Meer details bekijken

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