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Montreal music competition paves a way for unknown world music artists
The Link’s Africa page editor, Awa Dlodlo tells us about Syli d'or, a music competition for musicians who would like to be discovered and gain a large audience of fans. A competition created by Nuits D'Afrique Poductions, Syli d'or is inviting people who play music with influences from all over the world and live in Canada to enter this competition.
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