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Paul Simon: Still Mbaqanga After All These Years

RJ Smith, Spin, January 1987

For 20 years, Paul Simon whined and kvetched about the same things. Then he went to Africa and finally had fun. But he broke the UN cultural boycott in the process. He has a lot of explaining to do.

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