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Making music from Congo to Europe

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A group of disabled musicians from the Democratic Republic of Congo are grabbing the attention of audiences around the world.

Many of the band Staff Benda Ballili had polio as children, but their disabilities have not stopped them taking their music to Europe.

Tom Burridge spoke to them when their tour reached London.

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