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Congolese pianist, guitarist and songwriter Ray Lema started out life with aspirations to enter the priesthood. He began his schooling in a White Fathers seminary who recognised and encouraged his obvious musical talent. The seminary gave him a classical schooling in music until he left at the age of 18 to study chemistry. At university he developed a more cosmopolitan taste in music listening to artists such as Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton. After completing his education his love of music led him to becoming an ethnomusicologist, travelling through his homeland recording the in...