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Nairobi gets rare treat of soulful ‘worldcup’ beats

By George Orido

When Shuichi Hidano performed before an excited crowd of 50,000 people who had just watched France grab the 1998 World Cup, he must have felt the zenith of his Taiko master drum prowess come to a climax.

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