Bembeya Jazz National was formed in 1961 in Beyla, Guinea, and became the country's most popular state-supported band under President Sékou Touré. Its 1968 album Regard sur le passé honoured the resistance leader Samory Touré. Lead singer Demba Camara died in a road accident on 5 April 1973.
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