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I would wager that this came about as a result of the Internet. I can't imagine some record company deciding Africans would like country music and investing there. No the interest started first and then it pulled the record companies along.

Next question is when will country music stars start touring there?

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The second and third tweets in that thread refute that hypothesis.

I was the first comment on the page. It's a shame at times like this we don't have time to the minute on our messages because then it would be apparent.

But that's OK because I learned something today. Apparently the Internet didn't have much influence over the popularity of country music worldwide.

It's been a trend since the 70s.

Who knows, maybe country music was all the rage on the ARPANET

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