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Horoya Band has been played on NTS shows including Paradise Bangkok , with Kanimba first played on 15 November 2016.

Horoya Band was one of the state-sponsored regional and national orchestras of Guinea in the wake of independence, mostly during the period of 1958 to 1975. Pursuant to the ideology that independence can only be truly sustained through the promotion of national cultural treasures, Ahmet Sekou Toure's Ministry of Culture channeled tons of cash into supporting local artists as they and encouraged them to draw from their vast cultural heritage. As a result, every region had at least one state-sponsored orchestra or band; thus…

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Zoumana
Horoya Band National
Editions Syliphone Conakry1973
Zoumana
Horoya Band NationalEditions Syliphone Conakry1973
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Wèrè Wèrè
Horoya Band
Dakar Sound, CNR Music1997
Wèrè Wèrè
Horoya BandDakar Sound, CNR Music1997
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Kanimba
Horoya Band National
Editions Syliphone Conakry0
Kanimba
Horoya Band NationalEditions Syliphone Conakry0
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