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Amal Talsam, a member of Sudanese band "The Nightingales", holds a picture of herself when the band started in the early 1970s, during an interview with AFP at her family home in Khartoum on April 29, 2016. Stepping onto a Khartoum stage and launching into their first song, The Nightingales still raise whoops and cheers from adoring fans, 45 years after their debut. Sisters Amal, Hadia and Hayat Talsam were known in their 1970s heydey as the "Sudanese Supremes" for their stylish bobs, matching dresses and their soulful ballads, changing the image of female artists in Sudan forever. / AFP / Tom LITTLE / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY TOM LITTLE (Photo credit should read TOM LITTLE/AFP/Getty Images)

Amal Talsam, a member of Sudanese band "The Nightingales", holds a picture of herself when the band started in the early 1970s, during an interview with AFP at her family home in Khartoum on April 29, 2016. Stepping onto a Khartoum stage and launching into their first song, The Nightingales still raise whoops and cheers from adoring fans, 45 years after their debut. Sisters Amal, Hadia and Hayat Talsam were known in their 1970s heydey as the "Sudanese Supremes" for their stylish bobs, matching dresses and their soulful ballads, changing the image of female artists in Sudan forever. / AFP / Tom LITTLE / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY TOM LITTLE (Photo credit should read TOM LITTLE/AFP/Getty Images)
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