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Eighth Annual Festival
African Underground: Hip Hop in Senegal
6:14 min
Documentary
Director: Magee McIlvaine, Ben Herson, and Chris Moore
Producer: Nomadic Wax and Sol Productions
Winner of the Roots & Rhymes Award
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