Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin shekarun 1970, Nairobi ta zama babbar cibiyar kiɗa a cikin Manyan Tekun Afirka. A wannan lokacin, an kafa Nairobi a matsayin cibiyar kiɗan soukous. Wannan nau'in ya samo asali ne a Kinshasa da Brazzaville. Bayan da yanayin siyasa a yankin ya tabarbare
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