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balabala
ba-la-BA-la
street
French: la rue
Bato bazali kotambola na balabala.
People are walking on the street.
Les gens marchent dans la rue.
Street — where the city lives out loud. Balabala is the road or avenue. In Kinshasa the balabala hums with vendors, music, taxis and talk; to walk it is to be inside the daily theatre of the city.
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