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March 16th, 2010

A Chat with Zap Mama

Marie Daulne’s music reflects the story of her life.

Her father, a Belgium colonialist, was killed by child rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo shortly after impregnating her mother, Cyrille Daulne. After his death Cyrille emigrated to Belgium, where Marie was schooled and raised. …more

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David Johnson-Igra is the founding editor of SFCritic, an online San Francisco music weekly. He is also a columnist for Betterpropaganda, and SF Station. When he's not writing, he's volunteering at 826 Valencia.

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