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Bongo's mum steals show at embassy

Patience Dabany, Ali Bongo's songstress mother, gave a rare performance at independence day celebrations at the Gabonese embassy in Paris recently. [...]

Published on 08.10.2014 at 22:01 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Abdou Diouf
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