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Zimbabwean girl sings for social change

Prudence Mabhena, a Zimbabwean singer-songwriter born with arthrogryposis, is now a star at home, after a documentary based on her life won an Academy Award last month.

Mabhena has long struggled against discrimination, and she hopes the Oscar success will bring a change in social attitudes.

Haru Mutasa has the story.

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