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It's Not Graceland, but It's Sanctuary : Pop music: For Africa's Elvis--Tabu Ley Rochereau--Anaheim has become a home away from home--when he's not on the road.

August 16, 1995 | RICK VANDERKNYFF, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Modero Mekanisi, who plays saxophone for African pop music giant Tabu Ley Rochereau, walked along a quiet street here on a sizzling summer day and stretched his hands skyward. "You see?" he said. "Anaheim is like Kinshasa!" It probably is safe to say that the home of Disneyland and the teeming capital of Zaire in central Africa are not often compared.

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It's Not Graceland, but It's Sanctuary : Pop music: For Africa's Elvis--Tabu Ley Rochereau--Anaheim has become a home away from home--when he's not on the road.

August 16, 1995 | RICK VANDERKNYFF, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Modero Mekanisi, who plays saxophone for African pop music giant Tabu Ley Rochereau, walked along a quiet street here on a sizzling summer day and stretched his hands skyward. "You see?" he said. "Anaheim is like Kinshasa!" It probably is safe to say that the home of Disneyland and the teeming capital of Zaire in central Africa are not often compared.

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