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Saturday, 31 October 2026
The Rumble in the Jungle dominated this Music of Africa episode, with the 1974 Ali-Foreman fight in Kinshasa and profiles of Kojo Antwi and Umoja filling the Saturday morning show.
- 03:44
Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round of the Rumble in the Jungle in Kinshasa, after letting Foreman tire himself on the ropes.
- 03:43
Promoter Don King promised each fighter $5 million, but Zaire's president Mobutu Sese Seko guaranteed the purse, seeing the fight as a chance to showcase his country.
- 05:21
A Zaire 74 concert before the fight featured James Brown, B.B. King, Bill Withers, Manu Dibango and Franco's TPOK Jazz, setting the musical stage for the bout.
- 04:13
Kojo Antwi, Ghana's Mr Music Man, was born in Accra in 1959 and blends highlife, Afro-pop, reggae and soul, launching his solo career in 1986.
- 04:59
Umoja, the South African bubblegum group of the 1980s, made infectious bass-driven dance music that gave listeners joy and escape during the years of apartheid.