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Accordion beats and blood Feuds: how Lesotho's popular music took a deadly turn : NPR
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Accordion beats and blood Feuds: how Lesotho's popular music took a deadly turn : NPR

In Lesotho, a style of traditional accordion music called Famo has become entangled with deadly gang rivalries. Once the soundtrack of shepherds and migrant workers, today its linked to killings, government bans — and a fight over cultural iden