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African Drummers Wow Tokyo

CHAN: An African music performance and a fashion show blend on a Tokyo catwalk as over 40 leaders and presidents of African nations gather in the neighboring city of Yokohama to discuss the future of the continent. STORY: Fashion models marched across...

from YouTube on Sat, May 31 2008

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