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DJ Suraj: From school dropout to building Kenya’s Afro-deep house export

Kenyan Afro-deep house and electronic DJ Suraj. 

Photo credit: Pool

By  Sinda Matiko

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

I asked one of my editors if he'd heard of DJ Suraj (Suraj Mandavia), and his face lit up with a grin.

“Who’s that? Never heard of him until today,” he shrugged.

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