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Kenya's night comes alive as Chinese-sponsored concert ignites revelers' spirits

STORY: Kenya's night comes alive as Chinese-sponsored concert ignites revelers' spirits SHOOTING TIME: April 6, 2024 DATELINE: April 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:04:34 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of revelers at the concert 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SYLVIA SARU, Rap artist 3. various of Chinese companies sponsoring the concert 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MARTHA HURO, Managing director for East Africa at Boomplay 5. various of the concert 6. various of revelers at the concert STORYLINE: A young crowd of revelers filled the giant Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK) dome in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Saturday evening to attend the Boomfest, a musical concert sponsored by Boomplay, a popular music streaming platform in Africa. One by one, popular artists joined the well-lit stage of the ASK dome, belting out lyrics that lightened the mood of the audience. Sylvia Saru, a female rap artist who headlined the show had a powerful stage presence, winning the hearts of fans with songs whose me

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Landmark for 1995 Kobe quake volunteers lit up

KOBE, Japan - Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.'s 55-meter-tall advertising tower in Kobe, western Japan, is lit up for the first time in 10 years on Jan. 14, 2015, three days before the 20th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995. The tower served as a landmark for volunteer workers after the disaster.

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Yankees beat Blue Jays

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki acknowledges an ovation from spectators while taking the field during the first inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 22, 2013, after belting his 4,000th career hit between the major leagues and Japan the previous day. The Yankees won 5-3.

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Ichiro reaches 4,000 career hits

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki acknowledges the ovation from fans after belting his 4,000th career hit during the first inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 21, 2013. The total includes 2,722 hits in the majors and 1,278 from nine seasons in Japan. The Yankees won 4-2.

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Ichiro reaches 4,000 career hits

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki acknowledges the ovation from fans after belting his 4,000th career hit during the first inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 21, 2013. The total includes 2,722 hits in the majors and 1,278 from nine seasons in Japan. The Yankees won 4-2.

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Ichiro reaches 4,000 career hits

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki acknowledges the ovation from fans after belting his 4,000th career hit during the first inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 21, 2013. The total includes 2,722 hits in the majors and 1,278 from nine seasons in Japan. The Yankees won 4-2.

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Ichiro reaches 4,000 career hits

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Ichiro Suzuki acknowledges the ovation from fans after belting his 4,000th career hit during the first inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 21, 2013. The total includes 2,722 hits in the majors and 1,278 from nine seasons in Japan. The Yankees won 4-2.

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Soriano belts 2,000th ML career hit

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Alfonso Soriano crosses home plate after belting a solo home run, his 2,000th major league career hit, during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium in New York on Aug. 11, 2013.

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Nagashima, Matsui set to receive honor award

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2009 shows New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui belting a homer during a World Series game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Japanese government is considering presenting former Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima and Matsui with the People's Honor Award for their contributions to professional baseball, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said April 1, 2013.

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Ichiro vs. Darvish

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki heads for first after belting an RBI triple off Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish in the first inning of a game at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington, on May 21, 2012. The Mariners won 6-1.

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Murton breaks single-season hits record in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Hanshin Tigers outfielder Matt Murton raises his hat to acknowledge fans after he broke Ichiro Suzuki's Japanese baseball single-season hit record by belting his 211th hit of the season during a game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2010.

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Yankees' Matsui, Rodriguez

BOSTON, United States - New York Yankees designated hitter Hideki Matsui (55) congratulates his teammate Alex Rodriguez (L) on belting a two-run homer in the fifth inning of a game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on Aug. 23. The Yankees won 8-4.

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H. Matsui blasts game-winning homer

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees designated hitter Hideki Matsui circles the bases after belting a game-winning homer against the Baltimore Orioles in the ninth inning of their game at Yankees Stadium on July 20, steering his club to a 2-1 victory.

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Matsui blasts homer against Phillies

CLEARWATER, United States - New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui (C) is congratulated by teammates after belting a two-run homer in the first inning of an exhibition game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Clearwater, Florida, on March 26. The Yankees beat the Phillies 10-2.

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Swallows defeat BayStars

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yakult Swallows infielder Alex Ramirez Jr. jumps in joy after belting a grand slam in the top of the third inning of a game against the Yokohama BayStars at Yokohama Stadium on April 12. The Swallows defeated the BayStars 8-6.

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(2)Japanese preseason baseball games

OSAKA, Japan - Hiroki Kokubo, who has been traded to the Yomiuri Giants from the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks, tosses up his bat after belting a pinch-homer over the center-field wall in the fifth inning of a preseason game against the Kintetsu Buffaloes at Osaka Dome on March 13.

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Petagine belts three-run homer

NAGOYA, Japan - Yakult slugger Roberto Petagine watches the ball after belting a three-run homer in the fifth inning at Nagoya Dome on Sept. 28 to regain the lead in the Central League home run derby with his 37th clout of the season. The Swallows completed a four-game sweep of the Chunichi Dragons with a 6-3 triumph to cut their magic number to clinching the Central League pennant to three.

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Ramirez belts solo homer

KOSHIEN, Japan - Yakult Swallows outfielder Alex Ramirez watches the ball after belting a solo home run with two outs in the top of the fourth inning against the Hanshin Tigers at Koshien Stadium on Sept. 13.

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Shinjo hits 2-run homer against Phillies

NEW YORK, United States - New York Mets outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo (R) is congratulated by teammates after belting a two-run homer in the eighth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Shea Stadium in New York on July 29. The homer gave the Mets a brief 5-4 lead, with the team going on to win 6-5. (MLB)

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Neill celebrates 'sayonara' hom

SYDNEY, Australia - Outfielder Mike Neill (R) pumps his fist in the air after belting a ''sayonara'' homer off Japanese reliever Toshiya Sugiuchi in the 13th inning as the United States opened the Sydney Olympic baseball tournament on Sept. 17 with a 4-2 win in the preliminary round with Japan.

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Rose rounds first on homer in 1st all-star game

TOKYO, Japan - Chunichi Dragons manager Senichi Hoshino greets Bobby Rose as the Yokohama BayStars infielder rounds first base after belting a two-run homer in the fifth inning of Game 1 of the Japanese professional baseball all-star series at Tokyo Dome on July 22. Rose's homer gave the Central League all-stars a 4-2 lead.

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Agbayani belts grand slam

TOKYO, Japan - Pinch-hitter Benny Agbayani (L) gets congratulations from his colleagues after belting a grand slam in the top of the 11th inning to give the New York Mets a 5-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs and a split in their two-game season-opening series in Japan on March 30.

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Sosa homer sparks MLB all-stars to 9-8 win over Japan

Sammy Sosa expresses his joy by jumping, belting his second homer on Nov. 15 to spark the major league (MLB) all-stars to a dramatic 9-8 come-from-behind victory over the Japanese all-stars at Tokyo Dome in the final game of their seven-game series.

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Swallows defeat BayStars

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Yakult Swallows infielder Alex Ramirez Jr. jumps in joy after belting a grand slam in the top of the third inning of a game against the Yokohama BayStars at Yokohama Stadium on April 12. The Swallows defeated the BayStars 8-6.(Kyodo)

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Matsui blasts homer against Phillies

CLEARWATER, United States - New York Yankees slugger Hideki Matsui (C) is congratulated by teammates after belting a two-run homer in the first inning of an exhibition game against the Philadelphia Phillies in Clearwater, Florida, on March 26. The Yankees beat the Phillies 10-2. (Kyodo)

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Yankees' Matsui, Rodriguez

BOSTON, United States - New York Yankees designated hitter Hideki Matsui (55) congratulates his teammate Alex Rodriguez (L) on belting a two-run homer in the fifth inning of a game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on Aug. 23. The Yankees won 8-4. (Kyodo)

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Rose rounds first on homer in 1st all-star game

TOKYO, Japan - Chunichi Dragons manager Senichi Hoshino greets Bobby Rose as the Yokohama BayStars infielder rounds first base after belting a two-run homer in the fifth inning of Game 1 of the Japanese professional baseball all-star series at Tokyo Dome on July 22. Rose's homer gave the Central League all-stars a 4-2 lead.

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Neill celebrates 'sayonara' homer for U.S. team

SYDNEY, Australia - Outfielder Mike Neill (R) pumps his fist in the air after belting a ''sayonara'' homer off Japanese reliever Toshiya Sugiuchi in the 13th inning as the United States opened the Sydney Olympic baseball tournament on Sept. 17 with a 4-2 win in the preliminary round with Japan.

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Ichiro vs. Darvish

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki heads for first after belting an RBI triple off Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish in the first inning of a game at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington, on May 21, 2012. The Mariners won 6-1. (Kyodo)

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Landmark for 1995 Kobe quake volunteers lit up

KOBE, Japan - Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.'s 55-meter-tall advertising tower in Kobe, western Japan, is lit up for the first time in 10 years on Jan. 14, 2015, three days before the 20th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995. The tower served as a landmark for volunteer workers after the disaster. (Kyodo)

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Murton breaks single-season hits record in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Hanshin Tigers outfielder Matt Murton raises his hat to acknowledge fans after he broke Ichiro Suzuki's Japanese baseball single-season hit record by belting his 211th hit of the season during a game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Petagine belts three-run homer

NAGOYA, Japan - Yakult slugger Roberto Petagine watches the ball after belting a three-run homer in the fifth inning at Nagoya Dome on Sept. 28 to regain the lead in the Central League home run derby with his 37th clout of the season. The Swallows completed a four-game sweep of the Chunichi Dragons with a 6-3 triumph to cut their magic number to clinching the Central League pennant to three.

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Ramirez belts solo homer

KOSHIEN, Japan - Yakult Swallows outfielder Alex Ramirez watches the ball after belting a solo home run with two outs in the top of the fourth inning against the Hanshin Tigers at Koshien Stadium on Sept. 13.

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Shinjo hits 2-run homer against Phillies

NEW YORK, United States - New York Mets outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo (R) is congratulated by teammates after belting a two-run homer in the eighth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies at Shea Stadium in New York on July 29. The homer gave the Mets a brief 5-4 lead, with the team going on to win 6-5. (MLB)

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Agbayani belts grand slam

TOKYO, Japan - Pinch-hitter Benny Agbayani (L) gets congratulations from his colleagues after belting a grand slam in the top of the 11th inning to give the New York Mets a 5-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs and a split in their two-game season-opening series in Japan on March 30.

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Sosa homer sparks MLB all-stars to 9-8 win over Japan

Sammy Sosa expresses his joy by jumping, belting his second homer Nov. 15 to spark the major league (MLB) all-stars to a dramatic 9-8 come-from-behind victory over the Japanese all-stars at Tokyo Dome in the final game of their seven-game series.