{"id":2247537,"date":"2026-01-23T19:56:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2247537"},"modified":"2026-01-23T19:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T19:56:52","slug":"must-hear-african-songs-trending-this-week-jan-23-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/must-hear-african-songs-trending-this-week-jan-23-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Must-Hear African Songs Trending This Week \u2013 Jan 23, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-element-guid=\"9c1fdfe2-3613-4045-dd54-3135973109a5\">\n<p>Every week, <span data-lab-italic=\"italic\" class=\"italic m-italic\">OkayAfrica<\/span> highlights the top <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.okayafrica.com\/tag\/african-music\">African music<\/a> releases \u2014 including the latest <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/okayafrica.com\/tag\/afrobeats\">Afrobeats<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.okayafrica.com\/tag\/amapiano\">amapiano<\/a> hits \u2014 through our best music column, <span data-lab-italic=\"italic\" class=\"italic m-italic\">African Songs You Need to Hear This Week<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Read ahead for our round-up of the best new African music tracks and music videos that came across our desks this week.<\/p>\n<p><!-- placeholder(#1) --><\/p>\n<h2>Seyi Vibez, Omah Lay &#8211; &#8220;My Healer&#8221;\u00a0<\/h2>\n<div data-element-guid=\"49e79631-61cd-4c17-b8e1-96812a22ce0f\" id=\"markup_1421791\" class=\"markupbox column small-12 large-12 small-abs-12 large-abs-12\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Seyi Vibez, Omah Lay - MY HEALER (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_hKuvfH1j_w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>From the first note, \u201cMy Healer\u201d goes straight for the heart. It\u2019s melodic in a way that makes its emotional intent unmistakable, yet rugged enough to keep your feet moving. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.okayafrica.com\/nigerian-director-tg-omori-makes-his-return-with-the-video-for-seyi-vibezs-shaolin\/291564\"><span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Seyi Vibez<\/span><\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.okayafrica.com\/omah-lay-wants-to-destigmatize-mental-struggles\/110668\"><span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Omah Lay<\/span><\/a> \u2013 each formidable in his own right \u2013 form a magnetic pull that\u2019s hard to resist. Seyi Vibez opens the record: \u201c<span data-lab-italic=\"italic\" class=\"italic m-italic\">Tell me say you did not know that \/ they never told you \/ that I like my tea without sugar,<\/span>\u201d his cadence shifting between clipped phrasing and full-bodied melodic runs. It\u2019s magnificent songwriting paired with a monumental delivery, signalling a reach toward higher planes. Omah Lay follows with equal weight: \u201c<span data-lab-italic=\"italic\" class=\"italic m-italic\">O l\u00f3 n\u00edf\u1eb9\u0300\u1eb9\u0301 mi l\u1ecd\u0301k\u00e0n, but you keep pulling my legs \/ I dey put you for my mind, \u1ecdm\u1ecd \u1ecdba d\u1eb9\u0300 w\u00e0 l\u00f3t\u1ecd\u0300<\/span>,\u201d (\u201cYou say you love me, but you keep teasing me \/ playing games with me\/ I keep you on my mind\/ royal child, you\u2019re truly something special\u201d) \u2013 bars dense with longing, heavy enough to drag the song deeper into its emotional centre. Produced by <span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Tudor Monroe<\/span> and <span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">AOD<\/span>, \u201cMy Healer\u201d plants an early flag as one of the year\u2019s standout records, proof that when vulnerability and craft meet, the impact lingers.<\/p>\n<h2>Ladipoe, Maglera Doe Boy &#8211; &#8220;Motho Waka&#8221;\u00a0<\/h2>\n<div data-element-guid=\"1a85e3db-ad03-419b-8f66-70dd267d2e66\" class=\"column youtube small-12 large-12 small-abs-12 large-abs-12\">\n<div class=\"content \" style=\"\">\n<div>\n<p>\n                    <iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/jdLcAxBUXGQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.okayafrica.com\/nigerias-ladipoe-drops-highly-anticipated-ep-providence\/191261\"><span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Ladipoe<\/span><\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.okayafrica.com\/maglera-doe-boys-god-is-power-music-video-turns-township-grit-into-cinematic-art\/799420\"><span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Maglera Doe Boy<\/span><\/a> represent an elite tier of lyricism on the African continent. Their catalogues defy easy categorization, stretching from the grimiest rap bars to pop-adjacent, radio-ready cuts that still knock with intent. On \u201cMotho Waka,\u201d they take it straight to the club, waxing lyrical about their respective lifestyles and interests. \u201c<span data-lab-italic=\"italic\" class=\"italic m-italic\">Ke fetsa go tsoga Lagos, ha ke ko kasi \/ ke fetsa go Kadima tosso for dipatje<\/span>,\u201d (I just woke up in Lagos, far from my hood\/ I just borrowed matchsticks to light my weed), fires Maglera Doe Boy, partially referencing his acclaimed opening line on K.O\u2019s \u201cLet Me Cook.\u201d He rides the first four bars before handing the rest to Ladipoe, who continues the rhyme scheme to devastating effect. \u201c<span data-lab-italic=\"italic\" class=\"italic m-italic\">Di success guh silence di gossip, Lagos to Jozi, it\u2019s popping<\/span>,\u201d he raps, signaling a sharp awareness of the cross-continental exchange powering contemporary African music. The chorus doubles as a nod to South African pop culture: listeners in the know will catch Maglera riffing on <span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">DJ Mujava<\/span> and <span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Bojo Mujo<\/span>\u2019s \u201cMujava Naja,\u201d reworking it into a modern mantra that speaks to his range and inventiveness. Produced by <span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Andre Vibez<\/span>, \u201cMotho Waka\u201d lands as feel-good rap built for packed dance floors, luxury rides, and moments when confidence does all the talking.<\/p>\n<h2>Wizkid, Asake &#8211; &#8220;Turbulence&#8221;\u00a0<\/h2>\n<div data-element-guid=\"42820c22-943c-4fe4-84a8-2d5f9cfb4fbf\" class=\"column youtube small-12 large-12 small-abs-12 large-abs-12\">\n<div class=\"content \" style=\"\">\n<div>\n<p>\n                    <iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/cv5chGtfVTg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.okayafrica.com\/seun-kuti-vs-wizkid-theres-no-new-fela-in-afrobeats\/1421680\"><span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Wizkid<\/span><\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.okayafrica.com\/tag\/asake\"><span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Asake<\/span><\/a> linking up already feels iconic, especially with an entire EP built on the two of them trading verses, vibing like old friends who\u2019ve learned each other\u2019s swing and complementing each other\u2019s styles in service of the whole. <span data-lab-italic=\"italic\" class=\"italic m-italic\">REAL, Vol. 1<\/span> plays out like a series of conversations between artists assured in who they are. There\u2019s no overcompensating here; everything is in service of the music, and of course, the people who\u2019ve witnessed their reign. \u201cTurbulence\u201d serves as the antithesis to \u201cJogodo,\u201d the first single that teased this collaborative effort. Where the latter is fast-paced and tailor-made for the dance floor, the former unfolds like the record a deejay plays to cool the room down without killing the mood \u2014 maintaining an almost ethereal calm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span data-lab-italic=\"italic\" class=\"italic m-italic\">Too many lies \/ too many people wey no nice\/many many dey over-wise,<\/span>\u201d sings Asake, relaxed and unhurried, melting seamlessly into the plush Afrobeats instrumental courtesy of <span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Magicsticks<\/span> and <span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">4tunez<\/span>. Wizkid follows suit on the second verse: \u201c<span data-lab-italic=\"italic\" class=\"italic m-italic\">Happy life with my family \/ where I dey now, see that they can\u2019t believe [\u2026] I be minding my business, I no send none,<\/span>\u201d leaning fully into ease and clarity, confident in his role as an elder statesman of the African music landscape. This is tradition, legacy, and companionship rendered effortless. It&#8217;s music made without strain, wrapped in a calm so assured in its ability that it feels unbreakable. Epic!<\/p>\n<h2>Dumama &#8211; \u201cNo Abiding City&#8221;<\/h2>\n<div data-element-guid=\"89bc538f-1493-4a33-b8f3-b26bae134605\" class=\"column youtube small-12 large-12 small-abs-12 large-abs-12\">\n<div class=\"content \" style=\"\">\n<div>\n<p>\n                    <iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/16RbBxFGdII\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In certain instances, the word &#8216;experimental&#8217; fails to capture the full breadth of an artist\u2019s practice. It flattens what is expansive and far-reaching, collapsing entire universes into easily digestible shorthand. <span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Dumama<\/span> is experimental, yes, yet there is something else at play here: a gift, a grit, a deep self-awareness, a multiverse of intention and becoming. \u201cNo Abiding City,\u201d produced by <span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Nandi Ndlovu<\/span> of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.okayafrica.com\/tag\/kajama\">Kajama acclaim<\/a>, occupies that transcendental space where worlds fracture and meaning sharpens in the aftermath. The uhadi acts as an anchor, tuned to a frequency that works directly on the spirit. Soul music. Healing music. Trance music. What emerges is the sound of intention lived in real time. Dumama has shared that this body of work has been gestating for six years, and even without that context, the music reveals its patience. You hear it in the way the voice coils around bass-heavy frequencies, in melodies that arrive like blunt force before opening into something tender, an embrace of what it means to exist in communion with ancestral light.<\/p>\n<h2>ZENA &#8211; &#8220;My Love Your Love&#8221;<\/h2>\n<div data-element-guid=\"6b084afd-8e3c-465d-b2be-a21512790853\" class=\"column youtube small-12 large-12 small-abs-12 large-abs-12\">\n<div class=\"content \" style=\"\">\n<div>\n<p>\n                    <iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/lbZjSqGx3kk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">ZENA<\/span>\u2019s new single is hard-hitting, a compact companion that stretches limits, breaks boundaries, and mines the past to imagine a present unconcerned with trends. \u201cMy Love Your Love\u201d leans into classic Ethio-jazz, anchored by a steady, piercing bassline, synths that feel celebratory in their humanity, and guitar licks that drift in and out of the warmth held down by the drums. In the midst of it all, vocal chants drenched in reverb lift the song into something almost celestial, transporting the listener skyward and leaving no part of your inner personhood untouched. Soulful, funky, and exceptionally dope.<\/p>\n<h2>Tiken Jah Fakoly &#8211; &#8220;Mutamba&#8221; feat. DeCastro<\/h2>\n<div data-element-guid=\"a524e0af-e5a5-4ba5-b7b8-80a3df7a01f0\" class=\"column youtube small-12 large-12 small-abs-12 large-abs-12\">\n<div class=\"content \" style=\"\">\n<div>\n<p>\n                    <iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/bCACh4XoGXo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is impossible, borderline disrespectful, to speak about African reggae without invoking the name <span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Tiken Jah Fakoly<\/span>. Born into a family of griots in C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, he embodies a tradition rooted in reverence for music, a grounded sense of self, and an unwavering commitment to community. \u201cMutamba\u201d is reggae in its most classical form: a bed of one-drop rhythm carried by warm horn lines, coloring the groove and wrapping it in melodies that at once feel comforting and defiant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-weight-normal m-font-weight-normal\" data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-normal\">The song references Congolese politician <span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Constant<\/span> <span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Mutamba<\/span>, the former Minister of Justice, currently incarcerated in Congo-Kinshasa amid mounting political tensions. \u201cI think this man was set up because they saw that his popularity was starting to rise,\u201d Tiken Jah Fakoly shared on Instagram. Within the song, he draws a deliberate parallel between Mutamba\u2019s situation and the fate of <span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Patrice<\/span> <span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Lumumba<\/span>, a leader of the people, silenced for his convictions by colonial and neo-colonial forces. History, as ever, repeats itself. Artists like Tiken Jah Fakoly function as custodians of memory, insisting that these patterns be named, remembered, and resisted. This is tradition for him, a role he has played before in songs addressing <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.okayafrica.com\/ivorian-reggae-artist-tiken-jah-fakoly-has-condemned-guineas-president-amid-protests\/143467\">Guinea\u2019s <span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Alpha<\/span> <span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Cond\u00e9<\/span><\/a> and Senegal\u2019s <span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Ousmane<\/span> <span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Sonko<\/span>. Reggae, in Fakoly\u2019s hands, remains a living archive, a reminder to stay attuned to our collective moral compass.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Msaki, Jesse Clegg &#8211; &#8220;Untimely Disclosure&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>There is a sophistication, an elegance that resists categorization, in the way <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.okayafrica.com\/tag\/msaki\"><span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Msaki<\/span><\/a> and <span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Jesse<\/span> <span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Clegg<\/span> write songs. \u201cUntimely Disclosure\u201d unsettles assumptions and goes straight for the jugular. It feels bracing, a quiet rebellion against an era of fast-food listening that often substitutes vibes for meaning and urgency for care. On the song, the two artists operate as interlocutors, giving language to feelings that tend to evade articulation. Their music becomes a portal for self-understanding \u2014 or perhaps more accurately, a mirror in which reflective thought can rest without distortion. As their third release together, following \u201cHow Dare You\u201d and \u201cWayside Lover,\u201d \u201cUntimely Disclosure\u201d continues to showcase an exceptional shared ability: the careful packaging of complex inner worlds and their translation into song. Measured and intentional, this collaboration affirms what both artists have long demonstrated: craft, when handled with patience, still cuts through.<\/p>\n<h2>Sibongile Nene &#8211; &#8220;Vusamazulu (Credo Mutwa)&#8221;<\/h2>\n<div data-element-guid=\"ce977668-998a-49dc-b629-c73b26008aac\" class=\"column youtube small-12 large-12 small-abs-12 large-abs-12\">\n<div class=\"content \" style=\"\">\n<div>\n<p>\n                    <iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/JKkGEdNRynY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Certain artists act as interlocutors, resisting easy classification. Such is the case with <span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Sibongile Nene<\/span> \u2014 a healer through song, a matriarch divinely ordained. On \u201cVusamazulu (Credo Mutwa),\u201d she pours libations for the late <span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Credo Mutwa<\/span>: healer, author, and cultural custodian whose teachings urged us to understand our history and origins as a pathway toward living in the fullness of our greatness. The music moves with intention, breathing life into forgotten corners. It is ethereal, drifting between past, present, and future, guided by a rare clarity and self-awareness. This is music with purpose \u2014 sonic ritual as remembrance, a kaleidoscope of subliminal messages inviting reflection and return to self.<\/p>\n<h2>Nino Fresko &#8211; &#8220;Sdakwa&#8221;<\/h2>\n<div data-element-guid=\"04ad320d-cc95-433e-89ed-d24335c2a5a0\" class=\"column youtube small-12 large-12 small-abs-12 large-abs-12\">\n<div class=\"content \" style=\"\">\n<div>\n<p>\n                    <iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/DKl1t7BnYkg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Nino Fresko<\/span> is a rising presence in South African hip-hop, steadily building a catalogue of unassuming, immensely satisfying rap tunes. On \u201cSdakwa,\u201d he bends words to his will, and they comply. His approach isn\u2019t tight-fisted; instead, he floods the record with reference points, inviting listeners to lose themselves in the maze. Here, Fresko inches closer to the sun, deploying rhyme schemes that feel untethered from convention. Listen to how he pairs \u201cskrrr skrrr\u201d with \u201cYouTube\u201d in the opening bars, how he leaves space instead of overcrowding the song, how he rides the beat with a kind of reckless abandon. This is generational rap music in the making, and it feels less like a question of if than when the wider audience catches on.<\/p>\n<h2>Tuks Senganga &#8211; \u201cKudala\u201d<\/h2>\n<div data-element-guid=\"9da383f3-d7b1-4934-b266-b2a515ab0600\" class=\"column youtube small-12 large-12 small-abs-12 large-abs-12\">\n<div class=\"content \" style=\"\">\n<div>\n<p>\n                    <iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/FUZGXfMcVFA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n                <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Tuks Senganga<\/span>, a central force in the Motswako movement that gripped South African hip-hop in the mid-2000s, and which continues to echo through later-day artists from Maglera Doe Boy to <span data-lab-font_weight=\"font-weight-bold\" class=\"font-weight-bold m-font-weight-bold\">Cassper Nyovest<\/span>, offers a clear reminder of why he became a leading light in the first place. \u201cKudala\u201d is head-nod hip-hop, stripped of frills and excess. He&#8217;s venomous on the mic, stopping at nothing and holding nothing back. When he raps, \u201cit\u2019s the rap phenomenon you hardly hear about,\u201d the line lands as a knowing nod to Biggie, to old-school hip-hop, and to his own stature as an artist. Tuks Senganga has been running a marathon, not a sprint \u2014 and \u201cKudala\u201d is proof that he\u2019s still got it\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.okayafrica.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every week, OkayAfrica highlights the top African music releases \u2014 including the latest Afrobeats and amapiano hits \u2014 through our best music column, African Songs You Need to Hear This Week. 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