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 * ...that members of the Senegalese rap group Daara J were hired by campaigners in the Senegalese election of 2000 to edit their speeches?
 * ...that Senegalese hip hop group Positive Black Soul ' s name abbreviation, PBS, is a play on that of the Parti Démocratique Sénégalais, PDS?
 * ...that Mamadou Diabaté, a Malian kora player, was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2005, but lost to his cousin Toumani Diabaté?
 * ...that, in November 2007, The Sowetan published an article which erroneously claimed that South African political activist Dan Mokonyane had died?