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The Double Bass Saved My Life

Chi-chi Nwanoku, founder of Europe's majority black and ethnic minority orchestra Chineke

Chi-chi Nwanoku is the five foot tall double bass player who started Europe's first majority black and ethnic minority orchestra. It's called the Chineke! Orchestra and has performed in prestigious venues to great critical acclaim. She tells Matthew Bannister how playing the double bass changed her life forever.

(Picture: Chi-chi Nwanoku. Credit Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ/Sim Canetty-Clarke)

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