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Afric Simone
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Albums3
Best of Afric Simone
Best of Afric Simone2000 • AlbumTracks: 18
Everybody Calls Me Crazy
Everybody Calls Me Crazy1981 • AlbumTracks: 11
Hafanana
Hafanana1975 • AlbumTracks: 13
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