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name to Harari –and went on to gain acclaim as one of the most successful acts that dominated the local music scene in the 1970s with its "feel good vibes of Afro-rock spiced with some get down boogie woogie space jabs", "vibrating in percussion in toto, conga drumming and some breath taking wailing of flutes and pennywhistles". In 1978, Harari was invited to perform in the USA with fellow musician
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Sipho Cecil Peter Mabuse was born on 2 November 1951 in
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