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Re:Lake Nyos suffocated over 1,700 people in one night by x2398dh1 on Friday August 12, 2016 @11:40AM (#12276521)
I have wondered if the 1986 Ladysmith Black Mambazo / Paul Simon song, "Homeless," is about this tragedy, but I have not been able to find anything online confirming it. The only things I have supporting this are the fact that it came out in 1986 and has the lyrics, "Moonlight sleeping on the midnight lake," and "Strong wind, many dead tonight it could be you." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy3YVyh3mYE
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Re:Lake Nyos suffocated over 1,700 people in one night by qq66 on Friday August 12, 2016 @05:34PM (#12278964)
The lyric does fit perfectly but it's not based on Lake Nyos. The Lake Nyos CO2 outgassing was on August 21 and Graceland was released on August 26.
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