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Remembering 'Small,' the funeral singer who made joyful music in the face of death

Mbabila "Small" Batoh and his group would perform at funerals in Ghana through the night, singing the departed into the afterlife. Batoh died this month at age 74, reportedly of COVID. (Marilena Umuhoza Delli for NPR)
Mbabila "Small" Batoh and his group would perform at funerals in Ghana through the night, singing the departed into the afterlife. Batoh died this month at age 74, reportedly of COVID. (Marilena Umuhoza Delli for NPR)

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