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Sir David on recording music in Sierra Leone - 1974

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Sir David looks back on filming in Sierra Leone in the 1950s, where his search for wildlife also led him to record local music and meet a balangi player unimpressed by his tape recorder. Clip taken from Attenborough Round the World. BBC Radio 4, December 1974.

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