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Westwood Village Entertainment Group performed at Bruin Day this year, with founder and third-year ethnomusicology student Munir Griffin (left) on saxophone. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)

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Westwood Village Entertainment Group, or WVEG, was inspired by an old Nigerian proverb: “It takes a village to raise a child.” For them, their proverbial child is their music.

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Local group inspired to overcome racism and strife through music

By Kun Yong (Sean) Lee, Meghan Savisaar, Ruhee Patel, Suzie Papantoni

April 26, 2016 10:19 p.m.