Sam Mangwana (born February 21, 1945), is a Congolese soukous vocalist.
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Sam Mangwana was born in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo to Angolan parents. Mangwana grew up listening to foreign musicians touring Kinshasa, especially those from Cuba, who greatly influenced the development of Congolese music. Sam belonged to many bands throughout his career, beginning with Tabu Ley Rochereau and Dr. Nico's band African Fiesta in 1962.

Maria Tebbo
Sam Mangwana Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Sam Mangwana:

Bana ba Cameroun Mes Chers Amis, ma misique est faite Pour void precher la…
Fati Mata Fati Mata eh Je suis toucher mais je te pardonne Fati Mate…
Fatimata Fati Mata eh Je suis toucher mais je te pardonne Fati Mate…
Kabibi Artist: Sam Mangwana Mhh Kabibi wani A haa Eh Kabibi tu Iy…

Suzana Sam Mangwana - Suzanna Coulibaly Suzanna, ton affaire ca se…
Tio Antonio Tío Antônio quando travalhaba Nas obras numa plantação Que p…

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01Maria Tebbo14:09

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Sam Mangwana

02Tchimurenga Zimbabwe7:28

03Bana ba Cameroun6:57

04Affaire Disco7:20

05Celica-Souvenir7:42

06Tika Nasakola6:29

07Waka Waka8:09

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Comments from YouTube:

@maudnxumalo9560

23w↑20

I heard this beautiful song in 1983 in North Carolina my African brothers played the song nonstop.Brings back wonderful memories.

@dezchamd8392

12w↑2

I feel you brother.❤❤❤❤❤

@mulehikita2917

12w↑2

Thanks man. It means that you was open minded enough to open to listen to African music then. That’s incredible

@nankyamable2756

3y↑99

I remember in 1983 (i was 6yrs) whenever they ask me to sing i could sing maria tebo tabola i'am now 44yrs i thank God for the gift of life🙏

@omvitistephen11

2y↑4

Indeed you must be happy

@Zam-B

Great and keep it up!!

@anthonyodongo1709

G o o d m u s i c

@boerandemo7766

47w

More years to you. And do they still ask you to sing

@karatanoorie8084

26w

Iam 14 yrs old 1983 at Mawenzi Sekondary form 1

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@Alimkamara-yq6qj

10w↑4

This song brings back good memories. It is one of my dad’s favorite songs. I still play it to date, reminiscing about the good old days.

@japhethochieng3536

6y↑24

I love this guy's music. He sings in Portuguese, French, English, Swahili and Lingala. His music is evergreen. Jeff Ochieng Nairobi Kenya.

@kenmulwa4243

5y↑2

Growing up in nakuru Kenya in the early 80s,i always rushed to the radio when this song was playing and put my ear on the speaker to the amusement of my parents and my aunt Eunice Rip

@GrumpyTinashe

2y↑3

We claim him as one of ours, a Zimbabwean.. Sam Mangwana's father was Zimbabwean and his surname Mangwana is Shona language word for tomorrow. The current government spokesman is Nick Mangwana. Same lineage as Sam Mangwana's

@ombaraopiyo8443

3y↑69

In Kenya, siaya County...Smooth flowing rhumba..reminds me my late parents. Memories 😭😭😭😭

@bernardotieno9440

3y↑4

Mos baa te en chanro mar ruoth

@janewanjiru6730

3y↑1

😭😭😭😭

@guypamphile3988

@@bernardotieno9440
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@martinetoa8662

42w

Dxcjfcj d dd

@skybench100

4y↑19

Growing up in Enugu, Nigeria, I always heard this song on the local ABC Radio 1 then. What a Lovely memory. Reminds me when we dash back home from school on bare foot under the scorching sun. ABC Radio 1 then Devoted 1pm to 2pm Monday to Friday to Congo/Zairian music. It is a lovely memories now, looking back. What a world!.

@agboikenna9879

chai!!😀😀

@TheThieddo

4y↑16

Sam Mangwana, une bénédiction venue de l'autre côté de la galaxie, ce musicien est un pur dandy, d'une élégance rare, qui sait poser sa voix avec une maestria et une intelligence rares dans le monde musical. On peut remercier le Zaïre, l'Angola et toute l'Afrique pour avoir produit un tel géant

@Zam-B

Lovely memories

@philmutonhodza7899

3y↑11

its funny how when someone plays music, and you think you hate it, but somehow it lodges in the depth your memories, and boom 30 years later you hear the song, somehow fond memories start flooding back, when on a sunday afternoon, mother prepared scones and dad with his favorites soda drink, waiting for the afternoon soccer match, after a sunday church service, the speaker was taken outside, and he will play his rhumba music, abd staring so far away, and you wonder whether he understands the songs, whether has been to Tanzania, DRC, or if he knew these guys personally, he had all the albums.......i can still remember the sunday routine, up to the end of the soccer match, and we all run scrolling everywhere looking for socks, shoes, and making sure homework was done for sunday morning, phew, one sentence, breath!!!

@mechmench7703

2y↑2

Nostalgic

@dezchamd8392

1y↑1

U makee cry. Ma papa is stroked now

@kevinkimaiyo-sv6yb

38w

I miss dem days ,very interesting

@geoffreykbiwott3441

48w↑2

The year is 2023, I am in Finland. I listen to Sam Mangwana almost every day, keeps me going.
Much respect!

@ngarikenya8598

4y↑85

In Kuwait 🇰🇼 listening and missing those old days when i was a young boy in 90’s memories are indeed made of this,viva to all Kenyans listening in these hard times,don’t lose hope brothers and sisters...

@corneliusnyakwara156

4y↑2

Thank you brother...we're together

@emiliahmupemhi3284

2y↑1

I used to sing this song when i was 6yrs old , there was a wedding in my village they used this song for the wedding 💃💃👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩

@stevekyama4614

Thanks bro,too encouraging,we pulling ahead no matter what,the Almighty loves us very much

@fusionkim

@samuelauchi584

Thank You

@collinslusweti

5y↑4

Till my last breath I'll choose African music, If only my fellow Africans would support their own. Africa is rich, what a taste! what a flavor,

@petermukhebi5828

5y↑39

I have been listening to this mans music for nearly 40 years. I cant just get enough of it! This is a true legend.

@jogotokanisio3426

5y↑3

I can't agree more with what you said. After more than 35 years and I still enjoy the song like its the first time. The African rhumba melody speaks right to soul and heart. We Africans are really blessed and can never be less or more than ourselves.

@davidkangwana186

44w

@@jogotokanisio3426 a❤aaa

@DerrickSabari

This song is one of my favourites , and it never gets old!

@sururumohammed6370

3y↑6

When it was only radio Uganda... And it could play... Life of the past, was beautiful and bountiful

@nelsonbarmosho7757

4y↑54

This reminds me early 90's when my dad had the only radio in kipsaraman, baringo kenya. I love rhumba ❤️

@jamesnyabicha6387

3y↑2

And now you are the only one with a 32 inch flat screen television in the whole village😂. Just imagine what your son will say in 20 Years🤣🤣

@goodwinkayange326

3y↑2

Wimbo hu unanikumbbusha1982 mbozi Tz Godwin kayange naishi Lusaka zambia salam kwa wote wanaonifaham

@faithmwendwa9148

Dynasty 😂

@kenchislove7393

Those special wooden radios rocked😂

@mulehikita2917

12w

😂😂😂😂 Enzi zile😂😂😂👍🏿👍🏿

@hotep7942

3y↑49

Reminds me of the eighties in Nairobi,I remember the first time I heard the song how my mother bursted out in a dance while still seated, then joined in singing the chorus,I sat there watching with fascination,I wondered how she knew the words and how come I never heard the song?Those riffs are on another level, every time I hear this song,it takes me back to that very moment.Legendary

@TamuzaKale

2y↑2

Time really flies. I too remember late 80s in our home town Kiwalani, Dar es Salaam. Back in the days my brother in law used to have a huge wooden boxed speaker with huge bars along side it. I was not able to sit down when music starts.

@Lolapamy

2y↑1

Reminds me of my late dad in the early 80’s in Zimbabwe. Oh man!

@williamnathan4630

45w↑1

It reminds me the 1980s when I was at 10, the song was of its kind.

@chumokabiangz

2y↑5

2022, I'm marking Kenyan Calendar...
Sema jambo kama uko huku

@luamboluanzomakiadi5722

5y↑14

From 1988, when we are picking coffee from my grandparents plantation (Roxanna, r.i.p), to date, this song rocks!!.

@lyamasisasa1035

This is when iwas born sam king

@victorchampion1513

Ooh sorry , let her rest in peace forever

@aggreyminya5190

3y↑20

I started loving rhumba in 2014. I was staying with my friend who was quite older than me and he really liked listening to music from the likes of Mbilia Bel, zaiko Langa Langa, and Samba Mapangala. Every evening at a time like this we were listening to the songs. He owned Compact Discs with such songs and since then I liked rhumba music to date and no one can take me away from it. Prior to that my father also listened to Rhumba while I was young in the 2000s, since then, the love for rhumba in me is unstoppable.

@Zam-B

Lovely

@Njagiist

50w↑4

Growing up in Kenya in the 90s provided a perfect opportunity of listening to this mellifluous voice and song on KBC channel 1, live long the legend. Looks like it was last year.

@charlespangeti7644

2y↑12

Nostalgic. Growing up in Zimbabwe around the early 90s, my father used to play this song whilst preparing the wedding picture frames. He was a professional photographer. Rest easy my man. I miss those golden years.

@zebronmontford2472

4y↑5

iv lifted so high, back to the early 80s i was very yang used to hear it from our small SHIRIKO radio. i miss our golden ZIMBABWE. life will neva be the same again

@micahyusto1936

3y↑35

This hit is a special dedication to my younger sister tebola my father gave her that name

@lyamasisasa1035

3y↑1

Tebola tebola we love sister.

@kingfredshimukuni8905

My old days at kasekesa mwachisompola

@pwatimatobo3088

That good music

@kingfredshimukuni8905

My old days at kasekese bar mwachisompola

@davieskilawe9406

4y↑8

Daaaamnnnn...from +255..reminds of loads of memories with dad. My eyes are wet. RIP my lovely dad.

@lopeyhambu7989

4y↑29

2020 With Mr Mangwana,this song Heals Coronavirus,joy overflows

@lyamasisasa1035

Ameeeeeen mangwana king

@Kagwamas

32w

Mama this one i go dance for you again and again my mama Maria...how u loved this song and this musician...keep sleeping mama in Gods memory and ours you remain forever

@smithoyoo8444

4y↑58

2020 listening from Diani-Ukunda Kwale county, Kenya.Memories flowing like river Limpopo

@isaacmusau3385

4y↑1

Listening from ukunda. Real Ruhmba

@sarahnjoki1656

3y↑1

Listening to this from Ukunda too

@robertkwendo1963

@@sarahnjoki1656 listening very happily in Imara

@HassanAli-kq4sp

3y↑2

After reading most of these comments you'll find yourself being gripped with nostalgia. Very nice

@elisabethtoua3743

3y↑5

Aaah souvenirs de mon adolescence. Merci longue vie mon père ❤❤que dieu vous protège encore longtemps. Merci elisabeth de 77

@royalmarketbymamansylvie

4y↑1

Oh cette chanson qui a bercé mon enfance !! TPO mon père etait un fan de sam Mangwana !!

@memorymalunga670

11w↑1

Its amazing the different African nationalities in this comment section. Thats the power of music, just wonderful. Viva Africa!🥰

@user-cv3my2fr1w

23w

When ever I listen to this music I remember about the old good days .

@mervynnyabereka3987

4y↑11

Was lucky to hear this song first time as a 5 year old , today 35 years later i remembered it and looked for it , that's the kind of lasting impression it had back then, Timeless

@danaseb1620

21w

long live mangwana this dong I remember year 1983 I was live in singida mwenge street near baba wa Wazee

@user-dc9wz4dx2k

19w

Mangwana was also great, he shouldn't be forgotten when the greatest are being mentioned

@kibetyegon6281

37w↑1

Growing up in early 2000 there was a family friend and neighbor too who used to listen to KBC Kisumu and Nairobi airwaves this was a station that usually played this songs though couldn't understand the language the beats were awesome ti date on my mid twenties I'm a lover of Rhumba appreciating our own culture with great respect and teachings dancing then were respectful.

@Aickatakaniccc

45w↑6

I have no words to describe his great songs, in 1980 was only 4yrs and the music reminds me of my mother and my late dad how they used to prepare to leave for work in the morning

@letsvibe.4405

2y↑1

Sam mangwana is a legend,,,💯💯💯2021 where are my likes from Kenya

@bahindirobert

2y↑4

This song brings tears, all my 8 friends whom we used to dance rhumba are all gone. am alone listening. Guys like Kayola, Mayoyi, Bonzo, Mahe, Jamaica, Hemba, Saotempo, Buachanga, etc RIP

@mechmench7703

Be strong brother. Treasure the memories and good times you shared . Stay blessed

@pipiinengite5225

32w↑2

My mum and dad left each other. My dad used to play this song to express his love for my mom.
But they never got back together.
Rest easy mom and dad. Especially my mom who struggled to make sure her children suceeds. Above all Jesus CHRIST will never leave us..❤

@kipngetichweldon1067

2y↑5

2022 in again already listening to this music as if it was released in 2022.it never get old,it get younger with time.

@ahmedm2726

4y↑24

Listening to this amazing song in Mogadishu, Somalia. Reminds me 80s in Mogadishu.

@nathanngandwe4224

4y↑31

So many years since it was composed but still hit the hearts with so much love l remember these days when we were boys listening to these songs. We appreciate you great sons of Africa. Warm greetings from Zambia.

@magnetscoils4774

2y↑3

Am a Kenyan 30 years old but I listen to this master piece

@daisypaul

Imweeee 🤛🏽🤛🏽

@ericrutto9739

@@daisypaul I am also kenyan living in akila 1 estate

@ericrutto9739

Reards eric

@associationdesmedecinscong6037

19w

🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@TOGBABAY

5y↑27

Maria Tebo...reminds me of my step-mom who used to play this music repeatedly. May her sweet soul Rest In Peace ✌️

@edgartussa100

5y↑2

Adolphus Dixon he is a live my friend! He live now in hee country Angola!
He is a legend and he got a lot 2 give us

@etototim

3y↑2

Maria Tebbo my darling. Soki na banggi

@reenmakamu2278

3y↑4

Eddy did yoy realy understand Adolphus? I think its memories of his step ma🤔

@ShabanKE

40w↑4

This is the only kind of music that will live forever ☺️

@albertkariuki9771

5y↑15

Growing up in the 80's, this song ... defined our generation

@kemshimbuih4647

2y↑2

From 3:51 I raise up my hands and surrender my wallet to all the beautiful women from Yaounde through Kinshasa, Lusaka, zanzibar, Nairobi, Abidjan, and Lilongwe telling them to take everything except my identity card. Weh golden 80s which will never come again which I remember how we used to attend Christmas in palms 🌴 tied night clubs from nothing but the magnitude of happiness was more than those that the run in Mercedes Benz today having air condition but they still sweat.lord have mercy to this generation

@Gordonhandle

5y↑21

May my dad's soul rest in peace.This song reminds me alot.

@japhetirogbarachi4291

6y↑35

The golden era of African music. The memory of my growing up lingers!

@etototim

...even the name Mangwana.

@ibrahimngouhouokarie3722

De très beaux souvenirs 🥰..je me rappelle mon enfance ☺️ à Nkomkana 💪 et souvent lorsque maman m'envoyait d'aller écraser du maïs chez un moulinier au marché mokolo tout juste à côté il y'avait un bar qui distillait cette belle musique ❤️ de Sam mangwana que c'était beau de voir nos papas danser en sirotant une belle bière....🇨🇲🇨🇲 Nostalgique

@djglass69

3y↑3

I am here thinking about my childhood days

@stevemugendi6733

33w

this song reminds me of the hood old times early 2000s citizen radio rhumba music damn man good golden days

@edwinmokoro4537

2y↑4

Thanks my brothers and sisters....I remember in early 80s this songs were the talk of town...when bread in Nairobi was less than a shilling per a loaf.... Life was sweet in Town....we were staying at brilliant Ngara at Kenya railways quarters.....

@jamesobewa7834

1y↑1

These hits bring different memories

@davidkigen9949

10w

Reminds me when I joined form 1 in 1987. A student named George had Philips Radio and this song was oftenly played weekend when we were doing cleanliness... memories

@michaelngua1691

5y↑6

Music that swept across Africa!!! Wawaaah! Nairobi, Kenya listening 17/7/2019. Song is 45 years old and still a hit!!!

@mercykwalanda9764

2y↑13

This guy has never gone wrong with what he does.

@KamichoreMutindira

1y↑7

What a wonderful set piece. Carefully mastered to spend a cool twelve minutes. My dad used to own a Sanyo Radio and he would always make sure it has new batteries. We received rhumba via this transistor marvel at the time and I enjoyed this song coming to me as "Tembo Tembura" in 1979. I was growing up in the village of Gatura in Murang'a, Kenya. When parents were away I would 'steal airtime' and listen to rhumba.

@amicasdenjugunae6752

14w

kiarùtara...mataara

@rv_thomas

4y↑5

Mario Tebbo, I love this song bro... RUMBA IS SO GOOD ❤️❤️❤️

@etototim

Franko's Mario is another good memorable ❤ one. But this one by Mr. International Mengwana Sam is Maria Tebbo

@hillaryodhiambo2126

3y↑1

One of the best if not the best rhumba jam ever

@kipngetichweldon1067

5y↑1

At 23 years old now but you will forgive me if I told you rumba is my best music..real music first rest follows

@erickflash2546

1y↑1

Back then we were in primary schools in kenya and one year would look like two years before it ends.

@johnsonkimani9052

51w

This song always makes me nostalgic for reasons I do not figure out. Hi 5 from Kenya!

@latifahalitsi7986

3y↑21

This song brings back memories of my childhood and my grandpa, when visited them at village.

@barrackotieno3614

6y↑11

Listening to proper lyrics from Nairobi Kenya,I don't understand the words apart from I love you Maria,but surely what a good song and lyrics

@geoffreyodanga9988

5y↑2

Oyazola.Very nostalgic indeed.Had Jesus Christ not died I would have prayed to have musicians such as the Mangwan and the Franco teams not to die.

@archangezey9833

3y↑2

Moi personnellement, je n'ai pas vécu cette époque mais le jour où j'ai suivi cette chanson pour 1ère fois j'avais des lames aux yeux car, je me suis rappelé de mon Papa qui était décédé avant même que je fréquente l'école.
J'aime beaucoup Sam Sangwana, si j'étais riche, je le rendrais visiter avec une faramineuses sommes pour lui rendre hommage.
La dernière fois, je l'ai suivi via la voix de l'Amérique j'avais des pincement au cœur 😌

@nyakadot.esq.2746

2y↑1

Thanks to You tube I can go on a listening spree to such great rhumba vibes

@mulanmuyela7546

2y↑1

I too will play these songs for my generations to come

@hillarytendaimusonza6158

4y↑10

Reminds me of my late brother Vincent J
He used to play the song late Friday and Saturday night while enjoying his beers

@MwinyiMumbo

2y↑1

as young as I am I too love this song.

@diamondfrancisco2072

6y↑2

My late father and uncles were lover of Sam music. RIP Dad and uncles.

@area4newsroom445

4y↑4

Listening from Lilongwe, Malawi, memory refreshing songs like waters of Lake Malawi

@johnkennedyveve1901

3y↑2

Reminds of the good old days when I was boy with no worries, trying my best to back and forget the corona jail

@SharonRuwona

21w

I am stuck in this music century can’t seem to get enough of rumba music growing up we had a collection of Africas best singers and he was one of them

@misss6520

6y↑30

My daddy made me fall in love with this song,whenever am playing it I see my daddy dancing it.oh it's nice music

@sintesimasiku

4y↑1

my ears widened each time when i use to hear this song from uncle s house in early 80s in namibia [ caprivi ]

@ashe5418

I knew this music through my loving dad in UK 1986

@TheMaingi.

2y↑6

For moments rhumba has accompanied my solitude 🙏🙏. The relaxing rhythm drains away my sorrows

@singoeiyego565

5y↑22

Sam Mangwana my all time best. Listening from Western Kenya

@kibasamohamedi8029

Duh nyimbo nzuri Sana hiii aiseeeee

@user-jz6nx5th8i

Whn it sings i picture Africa as a whole even though i dnt know all afriquan countries. I started to like it at the age of 13

@jeanmutamba6786

4y↑1

Good memories we shared together while he was visiting Botswana 1985. We many nights together is dining in Botswana!

@sizzywest2.018

6y↑25

Wow I remember very happy elderly folks singing and dancing to this song at a tavern in Zambia. Women shook their buttocks and men danced behind them happily. People used to enjoy life back then.

@musyokaallan8442

3y↑2

Women did what? And men did what? 😂

@davidkilonzi1021

3y↑1

@@musyokaallan8442 Yes you heard it right

@kiplarono8515

🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪 Kenya nyumbani ba rhumba.Samangwana na sauti yake 🙏🙏

@mmfamily8313

Ngoooh papa Sam, nzambe à pambola yo, a pesa yo lisusu longue vie

@letsvibe.4405

2y↑10

Relaxing, soothing, enjoyful, just nodding my head and thumbing my feet,,I feel the best,,🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪

@kipngetichweldon1067

3y↑4

Year 2020 enjoying the real music of Rhumba. From Kenyan soil,Narok county enjoying this song gloriously.

@ombaraopiyo8443

3y↑1

I am young but won't be left behind! Am 89 yrs in mind,, Rhumba is and will always remain my first wife!!!!

@denisodokumu3605

6y↑13

1980s Alobo Night Club, Gulu Uganda. God bless all the brothers who made it possible for me to enjoy this African legendary.

@wilfredbrown5499

6y↑2

Our African music will come back again

@etototim

Get rid of Dictators

@nassertakougang3751

2y↑1

mon enfance . berce par cette melodie, je revoie le tourne dique de mon papa hein, avce la platine.

@petertosh6860

Summer 2021 in Germany 🇩🇪.
I miss KBC Radio Kenya 🇰🇪

@javee167

3y↑4

my favourite since late 90's,can get enough of this.
kenyans love rhumba

@johnnyakundi9262

7y↑17

great is this guy whose music give me rest when am tired or angry
can't miss to appreciate real African musicians who did wonderful job long live passion

@rufaromuhwira632

so interesting John

@mariasantiago3487

Angolano nasceu para cantar Sam Manguana é prova disso filho de Angola.

@hominidsteve

5y↑1

First time heard this was in an African club in Brussels Belgium in 1985. Its good feel is eternal

@kagwaimaina4485

4y↑1

Gets better everytime i listen to it.

@SnowWhite-ui4lz

9y↑6

I love this tune except it was the soca version from when I was a child absolutely love it Gwan me brother sing for me darling...big tune ahhh...big ppl link up in nah dee carribean Respect.

@emamatondo1592

Good Afternoon,
Hope you're doing well. Could you please share any link or source with the mentioned "soca version" of this song "Maria Tebbo" by Mr. Sam M.?

@batokobanya6727

4y↑1

Ah oui, la vraie musique !

@francisnyagaka8173

4y↑2

MUSIC NEVER GETS OLD WHAT CHANGES IS THE AGE GROUP THAT GETS OLD LIKE NOW DAYS FEW PEOPLE UNDERSTANDS WHAT MUSIC STANDS FOR IF NOT TOTAL MADNESS.

@rashidiathuman2424

Thank you.

@bettygeyer6952

God bless Mangwana, huwo ndiyo mziki

@mutheukituku9742

Sam dear ur the one...
Mmmmmmh ilove Maria Tebbo... my auntie Maria......
R.I.P....JS LOVE THIS SONG
.makes me fall on myself😅self love

@amarildogomesmendes3734

Sam mangwana, het best van Afrikaans muziek! Echt geweldig liejdes heeft hij gezongen! Ik luister nog steeds vanaf Nederland het best zangeres van allertijden van Afrikaans muziek!!!! GWELDIG!!!! GEWELDIG...

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