Top Africa orchestra began with bicycle brake cables for strings


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A musician plays her violin during a rehearsal at the Kimbanguist Symphony School in Kinshasa. Photo: AFP

When Armand Diangienda founded the Kimbanguist Symphony Orchestra - one of the most famous in Africa - in 1994, they had so few instruments that musicians had to share.

They got to play them for only 15 minutes before handing them on to the next person.

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